Intel
Intel Core i7-4770K
Haswell's original unlocked flagship: 4C/8T at 3.5-3.9 GHz with an open multiplier. Its poor internal thermal paste caps most samples around 4.2-4.4 GHz unless you delid it — exactly the complaint Devil's Canyon's i7-4790K was built to answer.
Pros
- Unlocked multiplier with eight threads, the combination that made it the enthusiast default in 2013
- 8 MB L3 and AVX2/FMA3 support
- HD Graphics 4600 at 1250 MHz — the top HD 4600 clock, matched by the i7-4771 and i7-4790K
- PCIe 3.0 x16 straight from the CPU
- Usually cheaper used than a 4790K while landing within a few percent once both are overclocked
Cons
- Non-solder TIM under the heatspreader: temperatures, not voltage, are what stop the overclock
- Drops VT-d relative to the locked i7-4770 — a real loss for virtualisation
- Requires a Z87/Z97 board to use the unlocked multiplier at all
- 400-500 MHz behind an i7-4790K at stock for often similar used prices
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core i7-4770K
General
- Announced
- 2013
- Socket
- LGA1150
- Process
- 22 nm
- Base TDP
- 84 W
- Unlocked multiplier
- Yes
- Cooler included
- Yes
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 4
- Performance cores
- 4
- Efficiency cores
- 0
- Threads
- 8
- Base clock
- 3.5 GHz
- Boost clock
- 3.9 GHz
- L2 cache
- 1 MB
- L3 cache
- 8 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Intel HD Graphics 4600
- iGPU clock
- 1,250 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- DDR3-1600
- Max memory
- 32 GB
- Memory channels
- 2
Platform
- PCIe version
- 3
- CPU PCIe lanes
- 16
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 1,190
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 4,050
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,010
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 4,550
- PassMark
- 8,000
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core i7-4770K good in 2026?
The Intel Core i7-4770K earns an Inno Score of 24.9/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Haswell's original unlocked flagship: 4C/8T at 3.5-3.9 GHz with an open multiplier. Its poor internal thermal paste caps most samples around 4.2-4.4 GHz unless you delid it — exactly the complaint Devil's Canyon's i7-4790K was built to answer.
What are the key specs of the Intel Core i7-4770K?
Cores: 4 · Threads: 8 · Boost clock: 3.9 GHz · Socket: LGA1150
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core i7-4770K?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Intel Core i5-7500, Intel Core i7-4770, Intel Core i5-6600K — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.