Intel Core i7-6700 vs Intel Core i5-4690K

Core i7-6700 vs Core i5-4690K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6700 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 these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-6700 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4690K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700. Despite this, the Core i7-6700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700 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.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-6700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.