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

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Intel Core i5-4690K

Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 98.75

$ 62.68 significantly less expensive

$ 161.43

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2865 points

15% slightly better overall score

2483 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4473 points

4619 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2388 points

26% slightly better multitasking score

1885 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2298 points

27% slightly better heavy workload score

1808 points

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i7-4790 and the Core i5-4690K? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2441 points

14% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

2127 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

63.87 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

52.71 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3751 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3635 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1174 points

1267 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3891 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3649 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1241 points

1305 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3.60 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W

4% slightly lower TDP

88 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

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

558th of 1,089

632nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

4th Generation Core i5

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 i7-4790 vs Core i5-4690K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4790 beats the Core i5-4690K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-4690K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-4790 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4690K. Also, the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4790 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4690K 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. Indeed, the Core i7-4790 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.