CPU War

[Pedro3755]

Hey all,

Wounder if you could help settle a little debate between my mate and myself about our CPU's. We both have very simular pc's. My build is asus z97i plus MB Intel 4790k (4ghz), EVGA GTX 980, 16GB ram, Samsung Evo, WD Black 2TB HD. My mates build 10gb ram, asus gtx 980, samsung evo pro ssd with intel 980x CPU.

 

My mate is rufusing to compare any benchmark with mine but still says his PC is so much faster. But the way i see it is the 980x is bit old now, getting on 7 years even with 6 core. Am i right in thinking my CPU is better? Any links to sites proving this would be great as i shall send them to him lol

 

Cheers all

[Atmos]

the 4790k is nearly 50% faster in single threaded operations, so even though its only a 4 core, it still comes out about ~30% faster when all is considered.

 

And comparing single core performance? Might as well compare your 4790k to an fx8350 in all honesty, iirc the 980x is only like 10-15% faster than an 8350 when all cores are fully utilized, and that thing gets totally blown away by the 4790k lol.

 

Intel may be barely making any change from generation to generation as it is now, but that little bit adds up after you know... 4-5 generations.

[Pedro3755]

3 minutes ago, Atmos said:

the 4790k is nearly 50% faster in single threaded operations, so even though its only a 4 core, it still comes out about ~30% faster when all cores can be fully levied.

 

And comparing single core performance? Might as well compare your 4790k to an fx8350 in all honesty, iirc the 980x is only like 10-15% faster than an 8350 when all cores are fully utilized, and that thing gets totally blown away by the 4790k lol.

Thought as much cheers. Although i forgot to mention that he has overclocked it and his CPU is running 4.2ghz. But thats not goin to make much difference is it?

[Teddy07]

12 minutes ago, Pedro3755 said:

My mate is rufusing to compare any benchmark with mine but still says his PC is so much faster

 

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Let me quote: " Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience"

 

So true and this statement is written over 100 years ago (1850-1910)

[Atmos]

4 minutes ago, Pedro3755 said:

Thought as much cheers. Although i forgot to mention that he has overclocked it and his CPU is running 4.2ghz. But thats not goin to make much difference is it?

4.2 is a respectable overclock from its 3.6 turbo, so it will make a pretty hefty difference. But it won't make up nearly enough for it to come out faster in single core, or up to 8 threads. 

When the entire cpu itself can be utilized, then you might see a pretty damn tight margin between the two, but you still likely come out just on top. Like I said early, intel may not do a lot in the short term, but in the long term they have made progress. Just not enough in my opinion :L

[Morgan MLGman]

9 minutes ago, Pedro3755 said:

Thought as much cheers. Although i forgot to mention that he has overclocked it and his CPU is running 4.2ghz. But thats not goin to make much difference is it?

Actually, when we're talking overclocked, overall multithreaded potential of the 980X might be around the same as yours due to much lower IPC but having 2 cores / 4 threads more. You're winning on Singlethreaded performance quite a bit though (35-45% depending on clock speeds) so your CPU is just better.

[Dabombinable]

17 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Actually, when we're talking overclocked, overall multithreaded potential of the 980X might be around the same as yours due to much lower IPC but having 2 cores / 4 threads more. You're winning on Singlethreaded performance quite a bit though (35-45% depending on clock speeds) so your CPU is just better.

Don't forget the power consumption of the 980X either-that would be far higher.

[Simon771]

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-X-980-vs-Intel-Core-i7-4790K/m1822vs2384

 

980x might be 5% better at multithreaded workload when overclocked.

But in genral I would pick 4790k any day. Even if it has bad thermals ... still better that this old ancient x 980.

[MVPernula]

This surprised me. Is the 980x that powerful after all these years still?

 

However, it is a close one.

In Cinebench R10 tests I found these results:

 

980x:

• Stock: 25881
• 4.4Ghz: 35004

4790K

• Stock 33033
• Couldn't find anything overclocked.

[LAwLz]

Sorry for the lack of benchmarks, but it's hard to find apples to apples comparisons. Here are a few from Anandtech:

 

 

But please bear in mind that his processor has a ~26% overclock on it. So you need to att something like 20% (maybe more) to the 980X scores.

 

So his CPU will be:

Way behind in single threaded Cinebench.

Come out slightly ahead (might as well call it a draw) in multithreaded Cinebench.

Be slightly behind in the first pass of x264.

Be slightly ahead in the second pass of x264.

Be way ahead in the 7-zip benchmark.

 

Personally I'd say yours is better, because programs which actually scales this well with more than 4 cores are rare, but in those programs your processor and his are fairly even. Your processor also runs cooler, uses way less power and has some extra features like QuickSync and support for things like AVX.

But on the other hand, his has way more PCIe lanes (he probably don't use).

[Dabombinable]

39 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

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But on the other hand, his has way more PCIe lanes (he probably don't use).

And those PCIe lanes are only Gen 2.0