Intel Core i5-4690 vs Intel Core i7-3820

Core i5-4690 vs Core i7-3820 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3820 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-3820 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3820 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4690. Despite this, the Core i5-4690 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4690 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3820 CPU because of its significantly 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 i5-4690 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.