Intel Core i5-4690 vs Intel Core i7-6700

Intel Core i5-4690
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2014
Intel Core i5-4690
Intel Core i7-6700
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i7-6700

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-4690
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    127%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-4690
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    109%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-4690
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    145%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-4690

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i7-6700.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-6700

9% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 45% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 27% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-6700

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-6700

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-4690Intel Core i7-6700
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0
HTT

Architecture

Intel Core i5-4690Intel Core i7-6700
ArchitectureIntel_HaswellvsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameHaswellvsSkylake
Release DateMay 2014vsJul 2015

Cores

Intel Core i5-4690Intel Core i7-6700
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 4600vsNo

Cache

Intel Core i5-4690Intel Core i7-6700
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-4690Intel Core i7-6700
SocketIntel Socket 1150vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA12Cvs
Die Size177mm²vsunknown
Process22 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-4690Intel Core i7-6700
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs4000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP84 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-4690
    4256 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    4600 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-4690
    15232 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    18924 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-4690 (simulated)
    154.11
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    168.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-4690 (simulated)
    551.77
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    802

points - higher is better