AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Core i5-4690K

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 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 i5-4690K

Price

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$ 417.00

$ 161.43

$ 255.57 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2653 points

6% slightly better overall score

2483 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4214 points

4619 points

9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2184 points

15% slightly better multitasking score

1885 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2097 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

1808 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3397 points

59% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

2127 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.99 points

0.54% slightly higher Blender score

52.71 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3185 points

3635 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

955 points

1267 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3133 points

3649 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

962 points

1305 points

35% 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

3.2 GHz

3.5 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.9 GHz

14% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

35% slightly lower TDP

88 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

601st of 1,089

632nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 1400 vs Core i5-4690K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 1400 performs better than the Core i5-4690K. Despite this, the Core i5-4690K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 1400 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4690K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 1400. Also, the Core i5-4690K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1400 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.

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.