i7 4790k faster than i7 5280k and i7 6700k

[assassin445522]

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-6700K-vs-Intel-Core-i7-5820K

Since when was the i7 4790k faster than the other 2 CPU's listed...

I know that they obviously outperform the 4790k but why does cpuboss's benchmarks say the 4790k is better?

is this website reliable too? i often have used it before to compare CPU's

 

[ak47jar3d]

CPU boss is not the best site to compare cpu. It runs limited tests and will often give you no conclusion about the parts compared. The 5820k is signifcantly better than the other two with 2 more cores and 4 more threads. The best way to gauge cpu performance is to read a review from a trusted source like tom's hardware.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i7-5960x-haswell-e-cpu,3918.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/skylake-intel-core-i7-6700k-core-i5-6600k,4252.html

 

[Supernova1138]

I'm guessing CPUBoss primarily uses single threaded benchmarks, in which case the 4790k wins due to having a much higher clockspeed than the 5820k, and being able to turbo boost slightly higher than the 6700k, cancelling out Skylake's small IPC advantage over Haswell. For more heavily threaded workloads, the 5820k would be the best of the bunch due to and additional 2 cores and 4 threads. The 6700k's advantage over the 4790k would be the tendency to be a better overclocker, slightly better IPC, better integrated graphics, and DDR4 RAM support.

 

[assassin445522]

yeah that was what i was thinking four more threads and two more cores, and form hwta i have heard it outperforms it and i have recommended people to get the i7 5820k over the i7 4790k and sometimes over the 6700k.

Favorite part about it is that it says at the bottom

Winner
Intel Core i7 6700K

CPUBoss recommends the Intel Core i7 6700K based on its single-core performance.

when they said its single core performance was like 18% worst lol.

 

[JamesSneed]

I prefer Anantechs bench for these scenarios. The 6700K is the winner in most cases. It looses out in some cases where all cores are loaded on the 5820K.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/CPU/39

 

[assassin445522]

Thanks everyone, Ill probably use anandtech.com I have heard of it before but never used it. just tried it. It has very good comparisons

 

[cats_Paw]

Assassin, bare in mind that every site has a different standard in terms of testing CPUs (it is VERY easy to set the right conditions for one CPU to outperform another).

What I am trying to say is that unless you KNOW all the variables, you need to take benchmarks with a grain of salt.

Personally, my favorite site for benchmarks is Guru3d, but I am not saying its the best or perfect or anything like that.

In terms of those CPUs, please note that most of them are VERY similar in performance. This is due to many things but mostly due to software coding not being efficient at using so many cores (you cant blame them thou, not untill DX12 becae a thing they really had any options to do it much better).