Intel Core i5-4690K vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 4500

Price

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$ 161.43

$ 68.37

$ 93.06 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2483 points

5312 points

113% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4619 points

7287 points

57% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1885 points

4672 points

147% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1808 points

4523 points

150% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2127 points

4824 points

126% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.71 points

124.29 points

135% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3649 points

6235 points

70% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1305 points

1560 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

3.6 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

4.1 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

88 W

65 W

35% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

632nd of 1,089

309th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-4690K vs Ryzen 5 4500 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 4500 is faster than the Core i5-4690K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4690K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 4500 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-4690K that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4690K. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 4500 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4690K. Also, the Ryzen 5 4500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 4500 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.

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.