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Intel Core i7-4790 vs Intel Core i7-9700E

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 85 %
Intel Core i7-4790
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-9700E
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 59 %
Intel Core i7-4790
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-9700E
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-4790
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
1,217
Intel Core i7-9700E
8C / 8T · 4.40 GHz
1,431
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-4790
4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz
4,081
Intel Core i7-9700E
8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz
6,802
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i7-4790
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
981
Intel Core i7-9700E
8C / 8T · 4.40 GHz
1,167
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-4790
4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz
3,732
Intel Core i7-9700E
8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz
6,120
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i7-4790
Intel HD Graphics 4600
384
Intel Core i7-9700E
Intel UHD Graphics 630
442

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At a glance

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Intel Core i7-4790Intel Core i7-9700E
FamilyIntel Core i7 (300)Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU groupIntel Core i 4000 (64)Intel Core i 9000 (34)
ArchitectureHaswell SCoffee Lake S Refresh
Technology22 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1150LGA 1151-2
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i7-10700E

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i7-4790Intel Core i7-9700E
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 88 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 8x
Frequency: 3.60 GHz 2.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.00 GHz 4.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache8.00 MB12.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i7-4790Intel Core i7-9700E
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 4600Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.20 GHz0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader20 / 16024 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory2 GB64 GB
Technology22 nm14 nm
Release dateQ2/2013Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i7-4790Intel Core i7-9700E
MemoryDDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB128 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i7-4790Intel Core i7-9700E
TDP84 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-4790Intel Core i7-9700E
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ2/2014Q2/2019
Release price280 $335 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-4790
Intel Core i7-4790
4C / 8T · 3.60 - 4.00 GHz
Intel Core i7-9700E
Intel Core i7-9700E
8C / 8T · 2.60 - 4.40 GHz

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