Intel Core i5-4690K vs Intel Core i7-2600K

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

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Intel Core i7-2600K

Price

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$ 161.43

$ 84.99

$ 76.44 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2483 points

2571 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4619 points

13% slightly better gaming score

4067 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1885 points

2123 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1808 points

2039 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2127 points

3342 points

57% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.71 points

19% slightly higher Blender score

44.04 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3635 points

58% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2292 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1267 points

90% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

665 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3649 points

59% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2289 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1305 points

96% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

665 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

88 W

7% slightly lower TDP

95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

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

632nd of 1,089

612th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-4690K vs Core i7-2600K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-4690K is faster than the Core i7-2600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2600K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-2600K has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4690K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2600K. Also, the Core i5-4690K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4690K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2600K 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 i5-4690K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.