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Intel Core i7-4960X vs Intel Core i7-4790

Last updated: 2026-06-07

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 72 %

Intel Core i7-4960X

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-4790

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-4960X

Rank 2 - 84 %

Intel Core i7-4790

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

757

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,217

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

3,062

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

4,081

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

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

806

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

981

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

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

5,189

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

3,732

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

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

2,868

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

2,062

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

151 cb

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

145 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

1,092 cb

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

728 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 i7-4960X	Intel Core i7-4790
Family	Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 4000X (3)	Intel Core i 4000 (64)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge E	Haswell S
Technology	22 nm	22 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 2011	LGA 1150
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i7-5960X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	Intel Core i7-4790
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 12	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	6x	4x
Frequency:	3.60 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.00 GHz	4.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.00 GHz	3.80 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	15.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	Intel Core i7-4790
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU frequency		0.35 - 1.20 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 i7-4960X	Intel Core i7-4790
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	Intel Core i7-4790
Memory	DDR3-1866 (59.7 GB/s)	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	32 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 i7-4960X	Intel Core i7-4790
TDP	130 W	84 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	Intel Core i7-4790
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	Q2/2014
Release price	960 $	280 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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Intel Core i7-4960X
6C / 12T · 3.60 - 4.00 GHz

★★★★★

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

★★★★★