Intel Core i5-7600 vs Intel Core i5-4690

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-4690

Price

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$ 435.00

$ 52.00

$ 383.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2712 points

19% slightly better overall score

2266 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5048 points

22% slightly better gaming score

4112 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2059 points

18% slightly better multitasking score

1744 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1975 points

18% slightly better heavy workload score

1673 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

51.82 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

47.68 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3774 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3261 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1343 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1162 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3832 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3344 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1390 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1212 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

Identical

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

29% slightly lower TDP

84 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

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

585th of 1,089

670th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-7600 vs Core i5-4690 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-7600 is faster than the Core i5-4690. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4690 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i5-7600 and Core i5-4690 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i5-7600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4690 CPU because of its 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 i5-7600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.