Intel Core i5-4690 vs Intel Core i7-3610QM

Core i5-4690 vs Core i7-3610QM comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3610QM beats the Core i5-4690 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-4690 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-3610QM has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4690 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3610QM. Also, the Core i5-4690 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3610QM outputs less heat than Core i5-4690 thanks to a significantly 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 i5-4690 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.