Intel Core i3-9300 vs Intel Core i5-4690

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i3 4 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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Intel Core i5-4690

Price

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$ 242.53

$ 52.00

$ 190.53 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2299 points

1% slightly better overall score

2266 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4620 points

12% slightly better gaming score

4112 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1653 points

1744 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1571 points

1673 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

35.77 points

47.68 points

33% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4025 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3344 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1498 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1212 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

62 W

35% slightly lower TDP

84 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

660th of 1,089

670th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i3

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-9300 vs Core i5-4690 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-9300 is faster than the Core i5-4690. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4690 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-9300 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4690. Also, the Core i3-9300 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-9300 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i3-9300 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.