Intel Core i7-2600K vs Intel Core i5-4690K

Intel Core i7-2600K
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i7-2600K
Intel Core i5-4690K
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2014
Intel Core i5-4690K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    103%
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    116%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    116%
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-2600K

16% higher multi threaded performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-4690K

16% higher single threaded performance.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-2600KIntel Core i5-4690K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
AVX2
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Core i7-2600KIntel Core i5-4690K
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameSandy BridgevsHaswell
Release DateJan 2011vsJun 2014

Cores

Intel Core i7-2600KIntel Core i5-4690K
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 3000vsIntel HD 4600

Cache

Intel Core i7-2600KIntel Core i5-4690K
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-2600KIntel Core i5-4690K
SocketIntel Socket 1155vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA10vsFC-LGA12C
Die Size216mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-2600KIntel Core i5-4690K
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs88 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    3800 points
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    4368 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    16320 points
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    15680 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    12757
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    11931

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    3548
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    4110

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    13763
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    13301

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    3248
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    3722

points - higher is better

7-zip

  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    19925
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    17256

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    116.18
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    129.19

points - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    618.82
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    412.89

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    129
  • Intel Core i5-4690K (simulated)
    158.17

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    614
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    568

points - higher is better