Intel Core i5-4690 vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2266 points

7025 points

210% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4112 points

8549 points

107% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1744 points

6518 points

273% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1673 points

6374 points

280% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3081 points

6835 points

121% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.68 points

184.59 points

287% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3261 points

9429 points

189% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1162 points

1960 points

68% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3344 points

9459 points

182% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1212 points

1979 points

63% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

4.9 GHz

25% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W

45 W

86% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

670th of 1,089

192nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-4690 vs Ryzen 9 6900HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 6900HX 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 6900HX has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-4690 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4690. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4690 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 6900HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 6900HX 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.