Intel Pentium G4600 vs Intel Core i5-4690K

Intel Pentium G4600
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2017
Intel Pentium G4600
Intel Core i5-4690K
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2014
Intel Core i5-4690K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4600
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    123%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4600
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    103%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4600
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    144%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G4600

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

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-4690K

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 44% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 23% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-4690K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-4690K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-4690K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-4690K

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i5-4690K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3
MPX
SGX
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i5-4690K
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameKaby LakevsHaswell
Release DateJan 2017vsJun 2014

Cores

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i5-4690K
Cores2vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 630vsIntel HD 4600

Cache

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i5-4690K
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i5-4690K
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp65°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA1151vsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs177mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium G4600Intel Core i5-4690K
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP51 Wvs88 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G4600
    4320 points
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    4368 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G4600
    10368 points
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    15680 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G4600 (simulated)
    153.43
  • Intel Core i5-4690K (simulated)
    158.17

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G4600 (simulated)
    393.23
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    568

points - higher is better