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

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

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

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

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

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

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

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

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

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

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

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

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

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At a glance

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Intel Core i7-9700EIntel Core i7-4790
FamilyIntel Core i7 (300)Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU groupIntel Core i 9000 (34)Intel Core i 4000 (64)
ArchitectureCoffee Lake S RefreshHaswell S
Technology14 nm22 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1151-2LGA 1150
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i7-10700E

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads8 / 84 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 8x 4x
Frequency: 2.60 GHz 3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.40 GHz 4.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache12.00 MB8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 630Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.15 GHz0.35 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19220 / 160
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory64 GB2 GB
Technology14 nm22 nm
Release dateQ4/2017Q2/2013

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryDDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB32 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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TDP65 W84 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-9700EIntel Core i7-4790
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ2/2019Q2/2014
Release price335 $280 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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

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