I5 8600k vs i7 4790??

[prizzo332]

Hello I currently have a i7 4790 cpu however I’m looking to upgrade to a I5 8600k so my first question is what processor is better and what is the main difference between them???

 

[prizzo332]

Main difference between them?

 

[Scottray]

Here's a good link to the performance differences: http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-8600K-vs-Intel-Core-i7-4790/3941vs2293

 

[mahanddeem]

For gaming, I say 8600k is a good upgrade.

 

[geofelt]

From a cpu point of view, there is a massive difference if your use is for gaming.
You go from a cpu with a 3.6 clock rate to one that will hit 5.0 when overclocked.
Few games are going to use more than 2-3 threads so the 6 threads of the 8600K is perfectly fine.

If your main use is for multithreaded apps, then the many threads available on ryzen might be better.

 

[mahanddeem]

Game started already to benefit from multiple cores (4+). But still prefer real cores more than logical ones. That's why 8600k would be a better gaming cpu than 4790. In addition to the possibility of overclocking in favour of 8600k than his 4790.

 

[theonerm2]

Here are the differences: the 4790 has 4 cores and 8 threads, the 8600K has 6 cores and 6 threads. Because the i7 has hyperthreading those 4 cores are more like 5.2 cores. Hyperthreading gives a 30% boost in multithreaded performance usually. so 4x0.3= 1.2 and 1.2 + 4= 5.2 so It's like having 5 and 1/5 cores compared to the 6 cores of the 8600K. So right off the bat that gives the 8600K a 15% boost plus it can be up to 1GHz or more faster when overclocked but for this scenario we're just going with the normal 4.1GHz that it turbos to with 6 cores. The 4790 boosts to 3.8GHz on all cores. That's an 8% boost plus another 10% IPC boost. So another 18% there for the 8600K. So it's about 33% faster theoretically and that's before overclocking.