Intel Core i5-4690K vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-4790K

Price

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$ 161.43

$ 121.69 significantly less expensive

$ 283.12

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2483 points

3124 points

25% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4619 points

5019 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1885 points

2564 points

36% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1808 points

2462 points

36% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2127 points

2813 points

32% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.71 points

73.53 points

39% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3635 points

4415 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1267 points

1357 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3649 points

4402 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1305 points

1403 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

4 GHz

14% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

4.4 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

88 W

Identical

88 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

520th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-4690K vs Core i7-4790K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4790K beats the Core i5-4690K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4690K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-4790K has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4690K. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-4690K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.