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Core i7 4790K

Intel desktop processor · Core i 4th gen · launched June 2014

Launch price
$350
≈ $489 in 2026 dollars
Blender 4.x render score
70
#223 of 290 scored desktop processors
Cores / threads
4 / 8
8 MB L3 cache
Rated power
88 W

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Launch price in today's dollars

The Core i7 4790K launched at $350 in 2014. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $489 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 40% rise over 12 years. At its launch price that is 20 Blender points per $100.

Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2014 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.

Blender rendering score

Median score 70 (middle half of runs 65–76) across 132 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #223 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #1 of 18 in the Core i 4th gen.

This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.

Specifications

VendorIntel
SeriesCore i 4th gen
LaunchedJune 2014
Launch price$350 (1,000-unit price)
SocketLGA 1150
Cores / threads4 / 8
Base clock4 GHz
Boost clock4.4 GHz
L3 cache8 MB
Rated power88 W (TDP)
Integrated graphicsHD 4600
Tier7-series

The Intel 7-series over time

Intel desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.

PartYearLaunch priceIn 2026 $Blender
Core i7 47712013$320$454—
Core i7 4820K2013$310$440—
Core i7 4930K2013$555$78864
Core i7 4960X2013$990$1,406—
Core i7 4785T2014$303$424—
Core i7 47902014$312$43662
Core i7 4790S2014$312$436—
Core i7 4790T2014$303$424—
Core i7 4790K2014$350$48970
Core i7 5820K2014$389$54493
Core i7 5930K2014$583$81587
Core i7 5960X2014$999$1,397122
Core i7 5775C2015$366$511—
Core i7 6700K2015$339$47380
Core i7 67002015$303$42368
Core i7 6700T2015$303$42356

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