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Intel Core i7-4790K vs AMD FX-6300

Last updated: 2026-06-05

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 i7-4790K

Rank 2 - 45 %

AMD FX-6300

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-4790K

Rank 2 - 44 %

AMD FX-6300

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

1,387

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

534

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

4,674

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,586

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

411 cb

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

195 cb

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

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

1,073

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

529

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

1,982 cb

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

854 cb

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

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

4,001

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,916

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

407.0 s

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,407.7 s

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

456

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

221

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

2,311

6C / 6T · 3.50 GHz

1,003

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

169 cb

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

94 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

854 cb

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

456 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 i7-4790K	AMD FX-6300
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	AMD FX (30)
CPU group	Intel Core i 4000 (DC) (2)	AMD FX-6300 (2)
Architecture	Devils Canyon S	Vishera (Bulldozer)
Technology	22 nm	32 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1150	AM3+
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790K	AMD FX-6300
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	6 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	6x
Frequency:	4.00 GHz	3.50 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.40 GHz	4.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.20 GHz	4.10 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790K	AMD FX-6300
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 4600	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.25 GHz
CUs / Shader	20 / 160	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
Technology	22 nm
Release date	Q2/2013

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790K	AMD FX-6300
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790K	AMD FX-6300
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790K	AMD FX-6300
TDP	88 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		71 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4790K	AMD FX-6300
Chip design	Monolithic	Unknown
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, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
Release date	Q2/2014	Q4/2012
Release price	310 $	95 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-4790K is 4.4 stars (127 ratings), while AMD FX-6300 has received 4.2 stars (63 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-4790K
4C / 8T · 4.00 - 4.40 GHz

★★★★★

AMD FX-6300
6C / 6T · 3.50 - 4.10 GHz

★★★★★