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Brand Intel
Model Intel Core i7-4790K $124–$137 estimated range · from catalog price Nov 10, 2026 Seen 6% off
Intel Core i7‑4790K (2014 Haswell Devil’s Canyon) is an unlocked LGA1150 i7: 4C/8T at 4.0/4.4 GHz with HD 4600, best for 1080p/productivity; EOL Jul 14, 2017.
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Released Jun 2014
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Cores 4
Threads 8
Socket FCLGA1150
Memory DDR3
Base clock 4 GHz
Boost clock 4.40 GHz
TDP 88 W
Cache 8 MB
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Product overview Released in June 2014, the Core i7-4790K is a 4th‑gen Haswell “Devil’s Canyon” refresh for the LGA1150 platform. It pairs 4 cores/8 threads with a 4.0 GHz base and 4.4 GHz turbo, and includes Intel HD Graphics 4600.
Positioned as a high-end i7 of its era, it existed to deliver higher out‑of‑box clocks and better overclocking headroom than the i7‑4770K. Run it on LGA1150 boards (Z97 for overclocking) with DDR3‑1600. It remains solid for 1080p gaming and everyday productivity builds. Notably, it was Intel’s first desktop CPU with a 4.0 GHz base clock, and it has an unlocked multiplier. Discontinued July 14, 2017.
Lifecycle Discontinued 2017
Best for 1080p gaming office/productivity budget builds Official product specifications ↗
Specifications + Add to compare At a glance iDots are a representative catalog sample. Farther right means a higher measured value, not necessarily a better fit. Measured against the CPUs catalog
Cores 4
Intel Pentium Gold G-6400 Cores: 2 AMD Ryzen 3 3300X Cores: 4 Intel Core i3-10100 Cores: 4 Intel Core i3-12100 Cores: 4 Intel Core i3-13100 Cores: 4 Intel Core i7-4790K Cores: 4 This part AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Cores: 6 AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Cores: 6 AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Cores: 6 AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Cores: 6 AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D Cores: 6 AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Cores: 6 AMD Ryzen 5 8500G Cores: 6 Intel Core i5-10400 Cores: 6 Intel Core i5-10600 Cores: 6 Intel Core i5-11400 Cores: 6 Intel Core i5-11600KF Cores: 6 Intel Core i5-12500 Cores: 6 Intel Core i5-9400 Cores: 6 Intel Core i5-9600K Cores: 6 Intel Core i7-8700K Cores: 6 AMD Ryzen 7 5700G Cores: 8 AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D Cores: 8 AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Cores: 8 AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cores: 8 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X Cores: 8 Intel Core i7-11700F Cores: 8 Intel Core i7-11700KF Cores: 8 Intel Core i7-9700K Cores: 8 Intel Core i9-11900K Cores: 8 Intel Core i5-12600K Cores: 10 Intel Core i5-13400 Cores: 10 Intel Core i5-14400F Cores: 10 Intel Core i9-9900X Cores: 10 AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Cores: 12 AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Cores: 12 Intel Core i7-12700F Cores: 12 Intel Core i5-13500 Cores: 14 Intel Core i5-14500 Cores: 14 AMD EPYC 7313P Cores: 16 AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Cores: 16 Intel Core i7-13700F Cores: 16 Intel Core i9-12900 Cores: 16 Intel Core i9-12900KS Cores: 16 Intel Core Ultra 5 Processor 250K Plus Cores: 18 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX Cores: 24 Intel Core i9-14900KF Cores: 24 AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX Cores: 64
2 64
Higher than 10% of CPUs Threads 8
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Threads: 4 Intel Pentium Gold G-6400 Threads: 4 Intel Core i5-9400F Threads: 6 Intel Core i5-9600KF Threads: 6 AMD Ryzen 5 2400G Threads: 8 Intel Core i3-10320 Threads: 8 Intel Core i3-12100F Threads: 8 Intel Core i7-4790K Threads: 8 This part Intel Core i7-9700 Threads: 8 Intel Core i7-9700K Threads: 8 AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Threads: 12 AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Threads: 12 AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Threads: 12 AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Threads: 12 AMD Ryzen 5 7500 Threads: 12 AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D Threads: 12 AMD Ryzen 5 8600G Threads: 12 Intel Core i5-10400F Threads: 12 Intel Core i5-10600K Threads: 12 Intel Core i5-11500 Threads: 12 Intel Core i5-12400 Threads: 12 Intel Core i5-12600 Threads: 12 Intel Core Ultra 5 225F Threads: 14 AMD Ryzen 7 5700G Threads: 16 AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Threads: 16 AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Threads: 16 AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Threads: 16 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X Threads: 16 Intel Core i5-13400 Threads: 16 Intel Core i5-14400 Threads: 16 Intel Core i7-10700K Threads: 16 Intel Core i7-11700K Threads: 16 Intel Core i9-9900K Threads: 16 Intel Core Ultra 5 Processor 250K Plus Threads: 18 Intel Core i5-14500 Threads: 20 Intel Core i5-14600KF Threads: 20 Intel Core i7-12700K Threads: 20 AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Threads: 24 AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Threads: 24 Intel Core i7-13700 Threads: 24 Intel Core i7-13700K Threads: 24 Intel Core i9-12900KF Threads: 24 Intel Core i9-7920X Threads: 24 Intel Core i7-14700K Threads: 28 AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Threads: 32 Intel Core i9-14900K Threads: 32 Intel Core i9-14900KS Threads: 32 AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX Threads: 128
4 128
Higher than 18% of CPUs Boost clock 4.4 GHZ
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Boost clock: 3.4 GHZ AMD EPYC 7313P Boost clock: 3.7 GHZ AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Boost clock: 3.9 GHZ AMD Ryzen 5 4500 Boost clock: 4.1 GHZ Intel Core i5-9400 Boost clock: 4.1 GHZ AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Boost clock: 4.2 GHZ AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX Boost clock: 4.2 GHZ AMD Ryzen 3 3300X Boost clock: 4.3 GHZ Intel Core i3-12100 Boost clock: 4.3 GHZ Intel Core i5-10400F Boost clock: 4.3 GHZ AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D Boost clock: 4.4 GHZ Intel Core i5-11400 Boost clock: 4.4 GHZ Intel Core i5-12400F Boost clock: 4.4 GHZ Intel Core i7-4790K Boost clock: 4.4 GHZ This part AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Boost clock: 4.5 GHZ Intel Core i9-9900X Boost clock: 4.5 GHZ AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Boost clock: 4.6 GHZ AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Boost clock: 4.6 GHZ Intel Core i5-11500 Boost clock: 4.6 GHZ Intel Core i5-13400 Boost clock: 4.6 GHZ Intel Core i5-9600KF Boost clock: 4.6 GHZ AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Boost clock: 4.7 GHZ Intel Core i5-14400F Boost clock: 4.7 GHZ Intel Core i7-9700 Boost clock: 4.7 GHZ AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Boost clock: 4.8 GHZ Intel Core i5-10600KF Boost clock: 4.8 GHZ Intel Core i5-13500 Boost clock: 4.8 GHZ Intel Core i5-11600KF Boost clock: 4.9 GHZ Intel Core i5-12600KF Boost clock: 4.9 GHZ Intel Core i7-12700F Boost clock: 4.9 GHZ Intel Core i7-9700KF Boost clock: 4.9 GHZ AMD Ryzen 5 8500G Boost clock: 5 GHZ AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Boost clock: 5 GHZ Intel Core i7-11700KF Boost clock: 5 GHZ Intel Core i9-9900K Boost clock: 5 GHZ Intel Core i5-13600K Boost clock: 5.1 GHZ Intel Core i9-12900 Boost clock: 5.1 GHZ AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Boost clock: 5.2 GHZ Intel Core i7-13700F Boost clock: 5.2 GHZ AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Boost clock: 5.3 GHZ Intel Core i5-14600K Boost clock: 5.3 GHZ AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Boost clock: 5.4 GHZ Intel Core i7-13700K Boost clock: 5.4 GHZ AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D Boost clock: 5.5 GHZ Intel Core Ultra 5 Processor 250K Plus Boost clock: 5.5 GHZ Intel Core i7-14700K Boost clock: 5.6 GHZ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Boost clock: 5.7 GHZ Intel Core i9-14900KS Boost clock: 6.2 GHZ
3.4 GHZ 6.2 GHZ
Higher than 27% of CPUs RAM speed 1600 MT/s
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 RAM speed: 4 MT/s Intel Core i5-13500 RAM speed: 4 MT/s Intel Core i7-13700 RAM speed: 4 MT/s Intel Core i5-14600KF RAM speed: 5 MT/s Intel Core i7-14700F RAM speed: 5 MT/s Intel Core i7-4790K RAM speed: 1600 MT/s This part AMD Ryzen 5 1600X RAM speed: 2666 MHz Intel Core i3-10105 RAM speed: 2666 MT/s Intel Core i5-10400 RAM speed: 2666 MHz Intel Core i5-10600 RAM speed: 2666 MHz Intel Core i5-9400 RAM speed: 2666 MHz Intel Core i5-9500 RAM speed: 2666 MHz Intel Core i7-8700K RAM speed: 2666 MHz Intel Core i7-9700K RAM speed: 2666 MT/s Intel Core i9-7920X RAM speed: 2666 MHz Intel Core i9-9900X RAM speed: 2666 MHz Intel Pentium Gold G-6400 RAM speed: 2666 MT/s AMD Ryzen 5 2400G RAM speed: 2933 MHz AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX RAM speed: 2933 MHz Intel Core i9-10900X RAM speed: 2933 MHz AMD Ryzen 3 3300X RAM speed: 3200 MHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600 RAM speed: 3200 MT/s AMD Ryzen 5 5600X RAM speed: 3200 MT/s AMD Ryzen 7 3800X RAM speed: 3200 MHz AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D RAM speed: 3200 MT/s AMD Ryzen 9 3900X RAM speed: 3200 MT/s AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX RAM speed: 3200 MT/s Intel Core i5-11400 RAM speed: 3200 MHz Intel Core i5-12400F RAM speed: 3200 MT/s Intel Core i5-13400F RAM speed: 3200 MT/s Intel Core i5-14500 RAM speed: 3200 MT/s Intel Core i7-11700K RAM speed: 3200 MT/s Intel Core i9-11900K RAM speed: 3200 MHz Intel Core i3-12100F RAM speed: 4800 MHz Intel Core i5-12600K RAM speed: 4800 MHz Intel Core i5-13400 RAM speed: 4800 MT/s Intel Core i9-12900 RAM speed: 4800 MHz Intel Core i9-12900KS RAM speed: 4800 MHz AMD Ryzen 5 7600 RAM speed: 5200 MT/s AMD Ryzen 5 8500G RAM speed: 5200 MT/s AMD Ryzen 7 7700 RAM speed: 5200 MT/s AMD Ryzen 9 7900 RAM speed: 5200 MT/s AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D RAM speed: 5200 MT/s AMD Ryzen 5 9600 RAM speed: 5600 MT/s AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D RAM speed: 5600 MT/s Intel Core i7-13700K RAM speed: 5600 MHz Intel Core i9-14900KF RAM speed: 5600 MT/s Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 270K Plus RAM speed: 7200 MT/s
4 MT/s 7200 MT/s
Higher than 9% of CPUs
Cores 4
Threads 8
Socket FCLGA1150
Memory DDR3-1600
Base clock 4 GHZ
Boost clock 4.4 GHZ
TDP 88 W
Cache 8 MB
Generation 4
Bus Speed 5 GT/s
Max Memory Size 32 GB
ECC Support No
Hyper Threading Yes
Turbo Boost Yes
Chipset Intel Z97/H97
Ram Speed 1600 MT/s 