Core i7 5775C vs. Core i7 4790K CPU Perf Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Core i7 4790K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3P, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Toshiba MKNSSDEC120GB, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150712, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.8, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 5775C: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Toshiba MKNSSDEC120GB, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150712, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.8, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 4790K . 48.31 |=================================================== Core i7 5775C . 52.85 |======================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i7 4790K . 0.44 |============================================== Core i7 5775C . 0.54 |========================================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i7 4790K . MIN: 35 AVG: 109 MAX: 144 Core i7 5775C . MIN: 28 AVG: 98 MAX: 104 HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 4790K . 4.13257 |======================================== Core i7 5775C . 5.58695 |====================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 4790K . 6.45812 |================================================== Core i7 5775C . 7.00536 |====================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 4790K . 2.50122 |=============================================== Core i7 5775C . 2.87812 |====================================================== x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 4790K . 217.40 |======================================================= Core i7 5775C . 193.62 |================================================= x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i7 4790K . 3.84 |====================================================== Core i7 5775C . 4.04 |========================================================= x264 2014-08-30 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i7 4790K . MIN: 34 AVG: 57 MAX: 143 Core i7 5775C . MIN: 28 AVG: 48 MAX: 94 Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 4790K . 2092.28 |========================================== Core i7 5775C . 2683.75 |====================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i7 4790K . 36.79 |=================================== Core i7 5775C . 59.18 |======================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i7 4790K . MIN: 32.6 AVG: 56.9 MAX: 61.3 Core i7 5775C . MIN: 28.2 AVG: 45.3 MAX: 50.7 OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 4790K . 694.47 |======================================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Core i7 4790K . 6.93 |========================================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Core i7 4790K . MIN: 36 AVG: 100 MAX: 131 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts Core i7 4790K . MIN: 32 AVG: 104 MAX: 144 Core i7 5775C . MIN: 27 AVG: 93 MAX: 104