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Intel Core2 Duo E6540 vs Intel Core i5-4690K
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
2C / 2T · 2.33 GHz
Intel Core i5-4690K
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
2C / 2T · 2.33 GHz
Intel Core i5-4690K
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
More benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core2 Duo E6540 | Intel Core i5-4690K |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core2 Duo (29) | Intel Core i5 (336) |
| CPU group | Intel Core 2 Duo E4000/E6000 (15) | Intel Core i 4000 (DC) (2) |
| Architecture | Conroe (Core) | Devils Canyon S |
| Technology | 65 nm | 22 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 775 | LGA 1150 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Core2 Duo E6540 | Intel Core i5-4690K |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 4 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x | 4x |
| Frequency: | 2.33 GHz | 3.50 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.90 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.70 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 6.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core2 Duo E6540 | Intel Core i5-4690K |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | Intel HD Graphics 4600 |
| GPU frequency | 0.35 - 1.20 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 20 / 160 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | |
| Technology | 22 nm | |
| Release date | Q2/2013 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core2 Duo E6540 | Intel Core i5-4690K |
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| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Core2 Duo E6540 | Intel Core i5-4690K |
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| Memory | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s) | DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 16 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core2 Duo E6540 | Intel Core i5-4690K |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 65 W | 88 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Intel Core2 Duo E6540 | Intel Core i5-4690K |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| Release date | Q3/2007 | Q2/2014 |
| Release price | 245 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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