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Intel Core i7-4930K vs Intel Core i7-7700

Last updated: 2026-07-01

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 70 %

Intel Core i7-4930K

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-7700

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-4930K

Rank 2 - 86 %

Intel Core i7-7700

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.90 GHz

857 pts

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

1,114 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

6,569 pts

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

5,426 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.90 GHz

746

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

1,272

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

4,021

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

4,284

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

6C / 12T · 3.90 GHz

780

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

1,066

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

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

5,746

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

4,081

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

6C / 12T · 3.40 GHz

2,792

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

2,266

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.90 GHz

139 cb

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

186 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

1,064 cb

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

901 cb

More benchmarks

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

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 i7-4930K	Intel Core i7-7700
Family	Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 4000X (3)	Intel Core i 7000 (17)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge E	Kaby Lake S
Technology	22 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 2011	LGA 1151
Predecessor		Intel Core i7-6700
Successor	Intel Core i7-5930K	Intel Core i7-8700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4930K	Intel Core i7-7700
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 12	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	6x	4x
Frequency:	3.40 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.90 GHz	4.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.60 GHz	4.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	12.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4930K	Intel Core i7-7700
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel HD Graphics 630
GPU frequency		0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		64 GB
Technology		14 nm
Release date		Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4930K	Intel Core i7-7700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4930K	Intel Core i7-7700
Memory	DDR3-1866 (59.7 GB/s)	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 40	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4930K	Intel Core i7-7700
TDP	130 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4930K	Intel Core i7-7700
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, AVX	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q3/2013	Q1/2017
Release price	540 $	310 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Intel Core i7-4930K
6C / 12T · 3.40 - 3.90 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 3.60 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★