i7 6700K VS i7 4790K

[Vishal Gupta]

Guys-6700k and 4790k are more or less around the same price.I want to know which one is better FOR GAMING ONLY.

Price need not be considered.

If you know about a better CPU for a lesser price, please tell me.

Thanks in advance guys!

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

If your just gaming get a 6600k or 4690k. Whatever's cheaper. The 6700k is faster than the 4790k.

[Vishal Gupta]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

If your just gaming get a 6600k or 4690k. Whatever's cheaper. The 6700k is faster than the 4790k.

4790k is cheaper by around 50$ here in India.

[Atmos]

Neither.

They're both almost exactly equal.

If you pay out the ass for some really fast ddr4, then the 6700k pulls very slightly ahead, but that's it.

 

Save your money, and get the xeon 1231v3. It costs the same as an i5, but is literally just a 4790 without the integrated graphics; and since you'll have a dedicated gpu, that doesn't matter at all.

[Ykno]

11 minutes ago, Vishal Gupta said:

Guys-6700k and 4790k are more or less around the same price.I want to know which one is better FOR GAMING ONLY.

Price need not be considered.

If you know about a better CPU for a lesser price, please tell me.

Thanks in advance guys!

 

for gaming only dont even bother with a i7 games cant take advantage of hyperthread cores so its pointless in spending that money for a hyperthread cpu save money get i5 and spend more on a gpu

 

just get a 4690k or 6600k

[Vishal Gupta]

1 minute ago, Ykno said:

for gaming only dont even bother with a i7 games cant take advantage of hyperthread cores so its pointless in spending that money for a hyperthread cpu save money get i5 and spend more on a gpu

Which i5 would be the best? Lets leave price for a moment. And another question.

Whats hyper-threading really for?

 

 

 

[Kirky2k15]

16 minutes ago, Atmos said:

Neither.

They're both almost exactly equal.

If you pay out the ass for some really fast ddr4, then the 6700k pulls very slightly ahead, but that's it.

 

Save your money, and get the xeon 1231v3. It costs the same as an i5, but is literally just a 4790 without the integrated graphics; and since you'll have a dedicated gpu, that doesn't matter at all.

Wish I'd known that when I was building my rig...

[Matt100HP]

6 minutes ago, Vishal Gupta said:

Which i5 would be the best? Lets leave price for a moment. And another question.

Whats hyper-threading really for?

 

 

 

Well, the 6600k is best, but it means using DDR4 RAM and it's probably more expensive than a 4690k which is very nearly as good. 

[Ykno]

9 minutes ago, Vishal Gupta said:

Which i5 would be the best? Lets leave price for a moment. And another question.

Whats hyper-threading really for?

 

 

 

hyper-threading creates 4 additional (lets say fake cores) so the logical cores not physical so they dont exsit in a physical way no relly sure how to explain that but ye it turns a 4 physical core cpu in to a 8 logical core cpu

what it does is helps share the load so help your cpu manage multitasking or programs that are cpu whores better so ur programs are never waiting for the cpu to be free to acsese the resource hope that makes sence so its just a way to help the cpu manage task better ( in basic terms i mean it is alot more complicated than that but ye its more for people who use alot of cpu power like video editors and engineers who use cad software ect)

you dont need that for gaming because games only use mainly 1 core for there processing it can spiller other to other cores but its mainly done on the 1 (direct x 12 will change that so it uses all cores but still hyperthreading wont be needed for that and dx12 wont be adopted on all games for another year+ so)

and to answer your question about which is better i5 either the 4690k or 6600k you wont notice any diffrence in gaming prefromance so which ever is cheaper

[Vishal Gupta]

Just now, Matt100HP said:

Well, the 6600k is best, but it means using DDR4 RAM and it's probably more expensive than a 4690k which is very nearly as good. 

I think I should stick with 4790k so that I can just futureproof myself. Game debate too says that:-

"In terms of overall gaming performance, the Intel Core i7-4790K 4-Core 4.0GHz is massively better than the Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz when it comes to running the latest games. This also means it will be less likely to bottleneck more powerful GPUs, allowing them to achieve more of their gaming performance potential. "

[Ykno]

Just now, Vishal Gupta said:

I think I should stick with 4790k so that I can just futureproof myself. Game debate too says that:-

"In terms of overall gaming performance, the Intel Core i7-4790K 4-Core 4.0GHz is massively better than the Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz when it comes to running the latest games. This also means it will be less likely to bottleneck more powerful GPUs, allowing them to achieve more of their gaming performance potential. "

thats bullshit i7 with a gtx 980 vs a i5 with a gtx 980 will have no diffrence in gaming preformance maybe 1 or 2 fps due to teh slightly higher clock speed but just overclock the i5 that why you buy the K sku cpu and also you cant future proof hardware changes that quick trust buy a pc for what you need now and upgrade when your pc can no longer run games so every 3-4 years normally

[Vishal Gupta]

2 minutes ago, Ykno said:

hyper-threading creates 4 additional (lets say fake cores) so the logical cores not physical so they dont exsit in a physical way no relly sure how to explain that but ye it turns a 4 physical core cpu in to a 8 logical core cpu

what it does is helps share the load so help your cpu manage multitasking or programs that are cpu whores better so ur programs are never waiting for the cpu to be free to acsese the resource hope that makes sence so its just a way to help the cpu manage task better ( in basic terms i mean it is alot more complicated than that but ye its more for people who use alot of cpu power like video editors and engineers who use cad software ect)

you dont need that for gaming because games only use mainly 1 core for there processing it can spiller other to other cores but its mainly done on the 1 (direct x 12 will change that so it uses all cores but still hyperthreading wont be needed for that and dx12 wont be adopted on all games for another year+ so)

and to answer your question about which is better i5 either the 4690k or 6600k you wont notice any diffrence in gaming prefromance so which ever is cheaper

Haha.Now you have really confused me!

Thanks! Nice explanation.

 

[Ykno]

Just now, Vishal Gupta said:

Haha.Now you have really confused me!

Thanks! Nice explanation.

 

ha sorry i was typing fast as im at work but ye bassicly dont worry about hyperthreading you wont need it for gaming

[Matt100HP]

2 minutes ago, Vishal Gupta said:

I think I should stick with 4790k so that I can just futureproof myself. Game debate too says that:-

"In terms of overall gaming performance, the Intel Core i7-4790K 4-Core 4.0GHz is massively better than the Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz when it comes to running the latest games. This also means it will be less likely to bottleneck more powerful GPUs, allowing them to achieve more of their gaming performance potential. "

They're wrong. I'm sure there are certain games where the i7 is noticeably better, but it's sure as hell not generally the case. At stock speeds the i7 will be faster, but only because it's clocked higher from the factory, so has less overclocking headroom.

[Ykno]

just stick with haswell i5 for a cheaper build and buy a better gpu or go for the skylake i5 again save and buy a better gpu but just no a skylake build will cost more due to it needing ddr4 and newer motherboards ect so haswell i5 is the best bet to save money and the prefromance diffrence is so small you wont tell the diffrence its like 1-5fps max so ye just buy a i5-4690k

[SteveGrabowski0]

Man this forum is so full of misinformation. The 6700k is quite a bit better cpu than the 4790k. Check out the results for Far Cry 4, which is dominated by performance on a single core, so see how much better Skylake's IPS is over Haswell's.

 

 

 

[SteveGrabowski0]

28 minutes ago, Atmos said:

Neither.

They're both almost exactly equal.

If you pay out the ass for some really fast ddr4, then the 6700k pulls very slightly ahead, but that's it.

 

Save your money, and get the xeon 1231v3. It costs the same as an i5, but is literally just a 4790 without the integrated graphics; and since you'll have a dedicated gpu, that doesn't matter at all.

The 1231v3 is not a 4790, it's 200 MHz slower.

[Delicieuxz]

I think 4790k is a cooler-sounding figure.

[SurvivorNVL]

If you can afford it - get an i7.  If you end up playing a game, and having something running on a second monitor, or just in the background, chat programs, skype, AV, or even a browser to access information or watch a stream - the extra logical cores helps a crap ton.  And definitely go for a 6700K if you can afford it - in terms of expand ability / last ability - Skylake is the path to go.

[l_zheng101]

Between the 6700k and the 4790k, I would chose the 6700k because it has more overclocking consistency.Since you only plan to game, I would actually recommend the Intel Core i5 6600k because it's still quad core that can be overclocked to hell. You lose out on the hyperthreading but games don't even use it more than a couple of threads.  

[SteveGrabowski0]

The 6600k is also a nice improvement over the 4690k

 

 

 

[Ykno]

2 minutes ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

Man this forum is so full of misinformation. The 6700k is quite a bit better cpu than the 4790k. Check out the results for Far Cry 4, which is dominated by performance on a single core, so see how much better Skylake's IPS is over Haswell's.

 

 

 

i dont think im givien misinformation at all i said that the skylake will have better fps than the haswell which that video you linked clearly shows but it not a noticeable diffrence say if he games on a 60hz monitor he wont see any diffrence on a cpu and gpu combo that put out over 60fps

 

so that why im telling him you can buy the haswell save cash get a better gpu as you wont notice a diffrence from haswell to skylake there is a slight diffrence but not one you can really see on real world scale

[SteveGrabowski0]

Also, high quality DDR4 isn't much more expensive than high quality DDR3. I'd easily pay $10 for the upgrade.

 

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[Monarch]

42 minutes ago, Atmos said:

Neither.

They're both almost exactly equal.

If you pay out the ass for some really fast ddr4, then the 6700k pulls very slightly ahead, but that's it.

 

Save your money, and get the xeon 1231v3. It costs the same as an i5, but is literally just a 4790 without the integrated graphics; and since you'll have a dedicated gpu, that doesn't matter at all.

 

23 minutes ago, Ykno said:

hyper-threading creates 4 additional (lets say fake cores) so the logical cores not physical so they dont exsit in a physical way no relly sure how to explain that but ye it turns a 4 physical core cpu in to a 8 logical core cpu

what it does is helps share the load so help your cpu manage multitasking or programs that are cpu whores better so ur programs are never waiting for the cpu to be free to acsese the resource hope that makes sence so its just a way to help the cpu manage task better ( in basic terms i mean it is alot more complicated than that but ye its more for people who use alot of cpu power like video editors and engineers who use cad software ect)

you dont need that for gaming because games only use mainly 1 core for there processing it can spiller other to other cores but its mainly done on the 1 (direct x 12 will change that so it uses all cores but still hyperthreading wont be needed for that and dx12 wont be adopted on all games for another year+ so)

and to answer your question about which is better i5 either the 4690k or 6600k you wont notice any diffrence in gaming prefromance so which ever is cheaper

 

19 minutes ago, Ykno said:

thats bullshit i7 with a gtx 980 vs a i5 with a gtx 980 will have no diffrence in gaming preformance maybe 1 or 2 fps due to teh slightly higher clock speed but just overclock the i5 that why you buy the K sku cpu and also you cant future proof hardware changes that quick trust buy a pc for what you need now and upgrade when your pc can no longer run games so every 3-4 years normally

 

7 minutes ago, l_zheng101 said:

Between the 6700k and the 4790k, I would chose the 6700k because it has more overclocking consistency.Since you only plan to game, I would actually recommend the Intel Core i5 6600k because it's still quad core that can be overclocked to hell. You lose out on the hyperthreading but games don't even use it more than a couple of threads.  

 

6700K and 4790k equal? i7 and i5 have no difference in performance? Games don't use hyperthreading? Where did you get those silly ideas from? You people obviously have no idea what you're talking about, please do a thorough research first. Thank you.

 

 

[aisle9]

For gaming only? Get an i5-6600K. If you think you might eventually want to get into media editing, recording your play, rendering, then spring for an i7. Which one is purely subjective. I'm still of the opinion that Haswell is better bang for the buck, but prices for Skylake components continue to come down to a point where I'd strongly consider it if I were building a PC today. The Xeon E3 1231V3 is a solid Haswell chip, but its lack of overclocking support means it will fall by the wayside before an i5-4690K or i7-4790K would.

 

If all you're doing is gaming, save some cash on your CPU by going with an i5 and put that savings into a better graphics card. The $100 spread between the i5 and i7 could be the difference between an R9 380 and R9 390, or a GTX 960 and GTX 970.