Intel Core i5-4690K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

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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Price

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$ 161.43
$ 74.99
$ 86.44 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2483 points
5931 points
138% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4619 points
7969 points
72% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1885 points
5267 points
179% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1808 points
5102 points
182% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2127 points
5451 points
156% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.71 points
141.88 points
169% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3635 points
7589 points
108% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1267 points
1833 points
44% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3649 points
7653 points
109% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1305 points
1872 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
12
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
4.2 GHz
7% 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

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

632nd of 1,089
256th 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

No
-

Core i5-4690K vs Ryzen 5 5500 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5500 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 5500 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-4690K. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-4690K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4690K. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4690K. Also, the Ryzen 5 5500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500 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.

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.

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