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Intel Core i7-4790 vs Intel Core i7-4650U

Last updated: 2026-07-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-4790

Rank 2 - 67 %

Intel Core i7-4650U

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-4790

Rank 2 - 34 %

Intel Core i7-4650U

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

974 pts

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

381 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

4,564 pts

2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz

902 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,217

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

950

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

4,081

2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz

1,755

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

981

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

829

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

3,732

2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz

1,467

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 4600

384

Intel HD Graphics 5000

704

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

145 cb

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

132 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

728 cb

2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz

291 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i7-4650U
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 4000 (64)	Intel Core i 4000U (26)
Architecture	Haswell S	Haswell U
Technology	22 nm	22 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1150	BGA 1168
Predecessor
Successor		Intel Core i7-5650U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i7-4650U
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	2 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	2x
Frequency:	3.60 GHz	1.70 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.00 GHz	3.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.80 GHz	2.90 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	4.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i7-4650U
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 4600	Intel HD Graphics 5000
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.20 GHz	0.20 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	20 / 160	40 / 320
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	2 GB
Technology	22 nm	22 nm
Release date	Q2/2013	Q2/2013

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i7-4650U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i7-4650U
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	2.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i7-4650U
TDP	84 W	15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel Core i7-4650U
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q2/2014	Q3/2013
Release price	280 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-4790 is 4.4 stars (153 ratings), while Intel Core i7-4650U has received 5.0 stars (2 ratings).

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Intel Core i7-4790
4C / 8T · 3.60 - 4.00 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-4650U
2C / 4T · 1.70 - 3.30 GHz

★★★★★