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

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2483 points

2743 points

10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4619 points

1% slightly better gaming score

4529 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1885 points

2219 points

17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1808 points

2130 points

17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.71 points

60.35 points

14% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3635 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3586 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1267 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1175 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3649 points

3775 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1305 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1204 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

9% slightly higher clock speed

3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

4 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

88 W

65 W

35% slightly lower TDP

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

580th 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 i7-4790S comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4790S is faster than the Core i5-4690K. Despite this, the Core i5-4690K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-4790S has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4690K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4790S. Despite this, the Core i7-4790S has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4790S outputs less heat than Core i5-4690K thanks to a 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.