Intel Core i5-2500K vs Intel Core i5-4690K

Compare Intel Core 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 i5-4690K

Price

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$ 133.55

$ 27.88 slightly less expensive

$ 161.43

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2325 points

2483 points

6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4281 points

4619 points

7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1776 points

1885 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1704 points

1808 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2748 points

29% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

2127 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

34.51 points

52.71 points

52% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1893 points

3635 points

92% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

629 points

1267 points

101% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1910 points

3649 points

91% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

650 points

1305 points

100% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.5 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

3.9 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

88 W

7% slightly lower TDP

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

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

654th of 1,089

632nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-2500K vs Core i5-4690K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-4690K is faster than the Core i5-2500K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2500K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4690K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2500K. Also, the Core i5-4690K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-4690K outputs less heat than Core i5-2500K thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-2500K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.