AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i5-4690K

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core i5-4690K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600X beats the Core i5-4690K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4690K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 5600X has significantly more cores than the Core i5-4690K. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600X has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-4690K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4690K. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4690K. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600X 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 5600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.