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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-11500 outperforms the cheaper Core i7-4790 on the selected game parameters. However, both CPUs are the same in terms of value. The better performing Core i5-11500 is 2511 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-4790.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-4790
- Up to 10% cheaper than Core i5-11500 - $132.0 vs $145.99
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Performs up to 10% better in Sea of Thieves than Core i7-4790 - 254 vs 230 FPS
- Consumes up to 23% less energy than Intel Core i7-4790 - 65 vs 84 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-4790 - 12 vs 8 threads
Sea of Thieves
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Intel Core i7-4790 Processor - BX80646I74790
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Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
254
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.57/FPS
100%
Price, $
$145.99
90%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11500 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Core i7-4790
Desktop • May 1st, 2014
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-4790 | vs | Intel Core i5-11500 |
|---|---|---|
| May 1st, 2014 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Haswell | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 12 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.7 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 84 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| Intel HD 4600 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 750 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-4790 or Core i5-11500
Sea of Thieves, 1920 x 1080, Mythical
104 FPS
$12.39/FPS
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Core i5-11500
32 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
64 GB, 8 TB SSD + 12 TB HDD
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$12.11/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,259
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104 FPS
$12.3/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,279
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104 FPS
$11.05/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,149
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104 FPS
$11.34/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,179
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104 FPS
$11.62/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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104 FPS
$12.39/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,289
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104 FPS
$14.03/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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