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Core i7-4790S vs Core i5-9600K

Core i7-4790S vs Core i5-9600K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-9600K outperforms Core i7-4790S on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-9600K is 1622 days newer than Core i7-4790S.

Advantages of Core i7-4790S

  • Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-9600K - 65 vs 95 Watts
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9600K - 8 vs 6 threads

Advantages of Core i5-9600K

  • Performs up to 6% better in FINAL FANTASY XIV: Endwalker than Core i7-4790S - 254 vs 240 FPS
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FINAL FANTASY XIV: Endwalker

FINAL FANTASY XIV: Endwalker

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

Intel Core i7-4790S Logo
Core i7-4790S

Desktop • May 11th, 2014


FPS

240

94%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

Intel Core i5-9600K Logo
Core i5-9600K

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


FPS

254

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$0.61/FPS

100%

Price, CA$

CA$154.6

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel BX80684I59600K Boxed Core i5-9600K Processor, 9MB Cache, up to 3.7 GHz

Buy for CA$154.6 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 322 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

Intel Core i7-4790S Logo
Core i7-4790S

Desktop • May 11th, 2014

Intel Core i5-9600K Logo
Core i5-9600K

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i7-4790S Logo
Core i7-4790S

Desktop • May 11th, 2014


Single-Core

1202

71%

Multi-Core

3750

59%

Intel Core i5-9600K Logo
Core i5-9600K

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


Single-Core

1703

100%

Multi-Core

6345

100%

Intel Core i7-4790S Logo

Core i7-4790S

vs
Intel Core i5-9600K Logo

Core i5-9600K

May 11th, 2014
Oct 19th, 2018
Core i7Core i5
HaswellCoffee Lake
Intel Socket 1150Intel Socket 1151
Desktop
Desktop
4
6
8
6
3.2 GHz
3.7 GHz
4.0 GHz
4.6 GHz
65 W
95 W
22 nm
14 nm
32.0x
37.0x
Intel HD 4600UHD 630
No
Yes

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