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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-4790 outperforms the cheaper Pentium Gold G5400 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium Gold G5400 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i7-4790 is 1432 days older than the cheaper Pentium Gold G5400.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-4790
- Performs up to 6% better in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Pentium Gold G5400 - 183 vs 173 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G5400 - 8 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium Gold G5400
- Up to 63% cheaper than Core i7-4790 - $50.0 vs $135.0
- Up to 61% better value when playing Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Core i7-4790 - $0.29 vs $0.74 per FPS
- Consumes up to 31% less energy than Intel Core i7-4790 - 58 vs 84 Watts
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Core i7-4790
Desktop • May 1st, 2014
FPS
183
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.74/FPS
39.189189189189186%
Price, $
$135
37%
FPS Winner
Intel Core i7-4790 Processor - BX80646I74790
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Updated 361344 minutes ago
Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
FPS
173
94.53551912568307%
Value, $/FPS
$0.29/FPS
100%
Price, $
$50
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Pentium® Gold G5400 Desktop Processor 2 Core 3.7GHz LGA1151 300 Series 54W/58W BX80684G5400
Buy for $50 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 361342 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Core i7-4790
Desktop • May 1st, 2014
Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
Single-Core
731
59.86895986895987%
Multi-Core
1504
39.04465212876428%
Intel Core i7-4790 | vs | Intel Pentium Gold G5400 |
|---|---|---|
| May 1st, 2014 | Release Date | Apr 2nd, 2018 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Pentium Gold |
| Haswell | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
8 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 84 W | TDP | 58 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 36.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| Intel HD 4600 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 610 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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