Intel Core i3-7350K vs Intel Core i5-4690

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 115.00
$ 52.00
$ 63.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1742 points
2266 points
30% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3492 points
4112 points
17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1292 points
1744 points
34% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1240 points
1673 points
34% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

36.64 points
47.68 points
30% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2667 points
3261 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1197 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1162 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3026 points
3344 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1496 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1212 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.2 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

60 W
40% slightly lower TDP
84 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

768th of 1,089
670th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i3
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i3-7350K vs Core i5-4690 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4690 beats the Core i3-7350K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7350K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-4690 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-7350K. Indeed, the Core i5-4690 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-7350K. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-7350K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4690. A Core i3-7350K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4690 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-7350K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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