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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-11700K outperforms the more expensive Core i7-4790K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-11700K is 2511 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-4790K.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-4790K
- Consumes up to 30% less energy than Intel Core i7-11700K - 88 vs 125 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-11700K
- Performs up to 11% better in Far Cry 5 than Core i7-4790K - 232 vs 209 FPS
- Up to 1% cheaper than Core i7-4790K - $258.0 vs $261.54
- Up to 11% better value when playing Far Cry 5 than Core i7-4790K - $1.11 vs $1.25 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-4790K - 16 vs 8 threads
Far Cry 5
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core I7-4790K 4.00 GHz Quad-Core LGA1150 SR219 CPU Processor in Box
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Core i7-11700K
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
232
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.11/FPS
100%
Price, $
$258
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-11700K Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.0 GHz Unlocked LGA1200 (Intel 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 125W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-4790K
Desktop • May 1st, 2014
Core i7-11700K
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-4790K | vs | Intel Core i7-11700K |
|---|---|---|
| May 1st, 2014 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Haswell | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 8 |
| 8 | Threads | 16 |
4.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.0 GHz |
88 W | TDP | 125 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
40.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| Intel HD 4600 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 750 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-4790K or Core i7-11700K
Far Cry 5, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
159 FPS
$18.85/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Core i7-11700K
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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158 FPS
$18.28/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Core i7-11700K
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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132 FPS
$26.51/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i7-11700K
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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