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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-9500 outperforms the more expensive Core i7-4790S on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-9500 is 1622 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-4790S.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-4790S
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9500 - 8 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9500
- Performs up to 11% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Core i7-4790S - 373 vs 335 FPS
- Up to 37% cheaper than Core i7-4790S - $160.74 vs $255.0
- Up to 43% better value when playing Counter-Strike 2 than Core i7-4790S - $0.43 vs $0.76 per FPS
Counter-Strike 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i7-4790S
Desktop • May 11th, 2014
FPS
335
89.81233243967829%
Value, $/FPS
$0.76/FPS
56.57894736842105%
Price, $
$255
63%
Intel Core i7-4790S Processor (8M Cache, 3.2 GHz) BX80646I74790S
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Updated 359793 minutes ago
Core i5-9500
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
373
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.43/FPS
100%
Price, $
$160.74
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-9500 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.GHz LGA1151 300 Series 65W (BX80684I59500)
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In Stock
Updated 359793 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i7-4790S
Desktop • May 11th, 2014
Core i5-9500
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-4790S
Desktop • May 11th, 2014
Single-Core
1192
81.19891008174388%
Multi-Core
3737
74.88977955911824%
Intel Core i7-4790S | vs | Intel Core i5-9500 |
|---|---|---|
| May 11th, 2014 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2018 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Haswell | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
8 | Threads | 6 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| Intel HD 4600 | Integrated Graphics | UHD 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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