Intel Core i5-4690K vs Intel Core i7-4930MX

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

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 161.43
$ 137.58 significantly less expensive
$ 299.01

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2483 points
0.81% slightly better overall score
2463 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4619 points
14% slightly better gaming score
4049 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1885 points
2003 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1808 points
1926 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.71 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
50.02 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3635 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3101 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1267 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
873 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3649 points
0.03% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3648 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1305 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1251 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed
3.20 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
Identical
3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

88 W
57 W
54% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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
636th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5
Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-4690K vs Core i7-4930MX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-4690K is faster than the Core i7-4930MX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4930MX in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-4930MX has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4690K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4930MX. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i7-4930MX outputs less heat than Core i5-4690K 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 i5-4690K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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