The
i7-4790 is based on
Haswell architecture while the
506E8 is based on
Kaby Lake.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-4790 gets a score of
173.9 k points while the 506E8 gets
211.6 k points.
Summarizing, the
506E8 is
1.2 times faster than the
i7-4790 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.