Intel Core i5-4670K vs Intel Core i5-4690K

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 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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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 125.00
$ 36.43 slightly less expensive
$ 161.43

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2369 points
2483 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4349 points
4619 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1811 points
1885 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1739 points
1808 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3189 points
49% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
2127 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

49.53 points
52.71 points
6% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3533 points
3635 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points
1267 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3701 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3649 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1301 points
1305 points
0.31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.40 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

84 W
4% slightly lower TDP
88 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

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

648th of 1,089
632nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May
2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-4670K vs Core i5-4690K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-4690K is faster than the Core i5-4670K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4670K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4690K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4670K. Also, the Core i5-4690K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4670K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4690K 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 i5-4670K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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