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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-11900 outperforms the cheaper Core i7-4790K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-11900 is 2511 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-4790K.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-4790K
- Up to 3% cheaper than Core i9-11900 - $261.54 vs $270.0
Advantages of Intel Core i9-11900
- Performs up to 11% better in Total War: WARHAMMER III than Core i7-4790K - 193 vs 174 FPS
- Up to 7% better value when playing Total War: WARHAMMER III than Core i7-4790K - $1.4 vs $1.5 per FPS
- Consumes up to 26% less energy than Intel Core i7-4790K - 65 vs 88 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-4790K - 16 vs 8 threads
Total War: WARHAMMER III
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 i9-11900
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
193
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.4/FPS
100%
Price, $
$270
96%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-11900 Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.2 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-4790K
Desktop • May 1st, 2014
Core i9-11900
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-4790K | vs | Intel Core i9-11900 |
|---|---|---|
| May 1st, 2014 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i9 |
| 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 | 2.5 GHz |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.2 GHz |
| 88 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
40.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| Intel HD 4600 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 750 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-4790K or Core i9-11900
Total War: WARHAMMER III, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
39 FPS
$58.97/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-11900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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57 FPS
$40.35/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Core i9-11900
32 GB, N/A Storage
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39 FPS
$84.56/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-11900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$3,298
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57 FPS
$82.46/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Core i9-11900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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