AMD Athlon X4 850 vs Intel Core i7-4790

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 850 and Intel Core i7-4790 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 850

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • Around 24% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 72.72°C
  • Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 84 Watt
Launch date Jul 2015 vs 1 April 2014
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Maximum core temperature 90°C vs 72.72°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 84 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-4790

  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
  • 262144x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 42% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2233 vs 1575
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7271 vs 3366
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 1 MB vs 4MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2233 vs 1575
PassMark - CPU mark 7271 vs 3366

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 850
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4790

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1575
2233
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3366
7271
Name AMD Athlon X4 850 Intel Core i7-4790
PassMark - Single thread mark 1575 2233
PassMark - CPU mark 3366 7271
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 943
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3461
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 2429
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 89.044
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.435
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2226
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3807
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2226
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3807

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X4 850 Intel Core i7-4790

Essentials

Architecture codename Godaveri Haswell
Launch date Jul 2015 1 April 2014
Place in performance rating 1620 1626
Launch price (MSRP) $303
Price now $278.99
Processor Number i7-4790
Series 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 10.55
Vertical segment Desktop

Performance

Base frequency 3.2 GHz 3.60 GHz
Die size 245 mm² 177 mm
L1 cache 256K 256 KB
L2 cache 4MB 1 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 90°C 72.72°C
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz 4.00 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4 8
Transistor count 2,411 million 1400 Million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
L3 cache 8 MB
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR3-2133 MHz, Dual-channel DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FM2+ FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 84 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2013D

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 16 Lanes, (CPU only) Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision Up to 3.0
Scalability 1S Only

Graphics

Device ID 0x412
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.2 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 2 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 4600

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA 1920x1200@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.2/12
OpenGL 4.3

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)