Intel Core i7-6800K vs Intel Core i5-4690

Intel Core i7-6800K
Intel Socket 2011-3DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 6 / May 2016
Intel Core i7-6800K
Intel Core i5-4690
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2014
Intel Core i5-4690

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-6800K
    149%
  • Intel Core i5-4690
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-6800K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-4690
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-6800K
    198%
  • Intel Core i5-4690
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-6800K

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 98% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-4690

56 watts lower power draw.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i7-6800K.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Core i7-6800K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6800K

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-6800KIntel Core i5-4690
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
TSX
vPro

Architecture

Intel Core i7-6800KIntel Core i5-4690
ArchitectureIntel_BroadwellvsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameBroadwell-EvsHaswell
Release DateMay 2016vsMay 2014

Cores

Intel Core i7-6800KIntel Core i5-4690
Cores6vs4
Threads12vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4600

Cache

Intel Core i7-6800KIntel Core i5-4690
L1 Cache32 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache15360 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-6800KIntel Core i5-4690
SocketIntel Socket 2011-3vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
PackagevsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs177mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-6800KIntel Core i5-4690
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP140 Wvs84 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-6800K
    4256 points
  • Intel Core i5-4690
    4256 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-6800K
    27417 points
  • Intel Core i5-4690
    15232 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-6800K
    1096
  • Intel Core i5-4690 (simulated)
    551.77

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-6800K
    154
  • Intel Core i5-4690 (simulated)
    154.11

points - higher is better