Intel Core i7-4930K Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-04

The Intel Core i7-4930K has 6 cores with 12 threads and is based on the 4. gen of the Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 2011 socket and was released in Q3/2013. The Intel Core i7-4930K scores 780 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 5,746 points.

CPU lineage
The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i7-4930K. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i7-4930K.
Name:	Intel Core i7-4930K
Family:	Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition
CPU group:	Intel Core i 4000X
Architecture:	Ivy Bridge E
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	4
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	Intel Core i7-5930K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-4930K has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-4930K is 3.40 GHz (3.90 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	6 / 12
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	6x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	Yes
Frequency:	3.40 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.90 GHz
Turbo Frequency (6 Cores):	3.60 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-4930K has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-4930K uses the no iGPU, which has texture shaders and execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	no iGPU
GPU frequency:
GPU (Turbo):	No turbo
Compute units:
Shader:
Max. GPU Memory:	--

Max. displays:
Generation:
Direct X:	--
Technology:
Release date:

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	No
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	No
VC-1:	No
JPEG:	No

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 64 GB memory in 4 (Quad Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 59.7 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR3-1866	59.7 GB/s
Max. Memory:	64 GB
Memory channels:	4 (Quad Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	3.0 x 40
PCIe Bandwidth:	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 130 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	130 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-4930K is made in 22 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 12.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	22 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	LGA 2011
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	12.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date:	Q3/2013
Release price:	540 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i7-4930K
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz (3.90 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-4930K have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	876
	Intel Xeon Gold 6132 14C 28T @ 3.70 GHz	869
	Intel Pentium G4560 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	860
	Intel Core i7-4930K 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	857
	Intel Celeron G5905 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	848
	Intel Celeron G5920 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	848
	Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	842

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	6754
	Intel Core i7-6800K 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	6645
	Intel Core i7-11375H 4C 8T @ 4.60 GHz	6620
	Intel Core i7-4930K 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	6569
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	6537
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	6470
	Intel Core i3-1215U 6C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	6410

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i7-2700K 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	782
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	782
	Intel Core i5-3550S 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	781
	Intel Core i7-4930K 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	780
	Samsung Exynos 1380 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	780
	Intel Pentium Gold G5420T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	780
	Intel Core i5-8210Y 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	780

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	5782
	Intel Xeon E-2334 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	5769
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700E 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	5768
	Intel Core i7-4930K 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	5746
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	5745
	Intel Core i7-11390H 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	5712
	Intel Core i7-1195G7 4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz	5710

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Celeron G5900 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	755
	Intel Core i5-3570K 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	755
	MediaTek Dimensity 800U 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	753
	Intel Core i7-4930K 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	746
	MediaTek Dimensity 810 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	746
	Intel Core i3-6157U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	745
	Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R 8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz	742

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	4027
	Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	4027
	Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R 8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz	4026
	Intel Core i7-4930K 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	4021
	Intel Core i7-6700 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	4009
	Intel Core i5-6600K 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	3985
	Intel Core i5-7640X 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	3982

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i5-9400 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	9463
	Intel Xeon Gold 5222 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	9443
	Intel Core i5-9600T 6C 6T @ 3.20 GHz	9403
	Intel Core i7-4930K 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	9402
	Intel Core i5-1145GRE 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	9390
	Intel Core i5-1038NG7 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	9355
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	9344

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz	2811
	Intel Core i9-8950HK 6C 12T @ 2.90 GHz	2808
	Intel Core i7-8700T 6C 12T @ 2.40 GHz	2804
	Intel Core i7-4930K 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	2792
	Intel Core i5-10400T 6C 12T @ 2.00 GHz	2789
	Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 8C 16T @ 2.10 GHz	2785
	AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	2776

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-4570 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	140
	Intel Core i5-4570S 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	140
	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	140
	Intel Core i7-4930K 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	139
	AMD Athlon 3000G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	139
	Intel Core i3-8121U 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	139
	Intel Core i5-8400T 6C 6T @ 3.30 GHz	139

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i7-8700T 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	1068
	Intel Core i7-3970X 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	1065
	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	1065
	Intel Core i7-4930K 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	1064
	Intel Core i7-8750H 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	1063
	Intel Core i7-10710U 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	1060
	Intel Xeon W-2225 4C 8T @ 4.60 GHz	1045

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
527 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
504 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,398 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,371 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,646 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,597 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,319 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
725 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,102 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,097 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
941 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
937 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

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