AMD Ryzen 5 3450U vs Intel Core i5-4690K

Ryzen 5 3450U vs Core i5-4690K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3450U 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 3450U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4690K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3450U. Also, the Core i5-4690K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3450U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4690K CPU because of its significantly 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 Ryzen 5 3450U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.