Intel Core i5-3570K vs Intel Core i5-4690

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 i5-4690

Price

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$ 139.00

$ 52.00

$ 87.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2217 points

2266 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4077 points

4112 points

0.86% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1694 points

1744 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1627 points

1673 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2970 points

3081 points

3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

35.69 points

47.68 points

33% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2162 points

3261 points

50% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

704 points

1162 points

65% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2062 points

3344 points

62% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

688 points

1212 points

76% 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

3.4 GHz

3.5 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

3.9 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

77 W

9% slightly lower TDP

84 W

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

679th of 1,089

670th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-3570K vs Core i5-4690 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-3570K performs better 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 i5-4690 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-3570K. Also, the Core i5-4690 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-3570K 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. For instance, the Core i5-3570K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.