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Intel Core i5-4690 vs Intel Core i7-6850K

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 87 %
Intel Core i5-4690
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-6850K
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 48 %
Intel Core i5-4690
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-6850K
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-4690
4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
1,193
Intel Core i7-6850K
6C / 12T · 3.80 GHz
1,302
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-4690
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
3,378
Intel Core i7-6850K
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
6,214
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-4690
4C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
917
Intel Core i7-6850K
6C / 12T · 3.80 GHz
1,116
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-4690
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
2,913
Intel Core i7-6850K
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
6,711
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-4690
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
625.6 s
Intel Core i7-6850K
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
279.7 s
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-4690
4C / 4T · 3.50 GHz
1,581
Intel Core i7-6850K
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
3,480

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i5-4690Intel Core i7-6850K
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)
CPU groupIntel Core i 4000 (64)Intel Core i 6000 (24)
ArchitectureHaswell SSkylake S
Technology22 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1150LGA 2011-3
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-4690Intel Core i7-6850K
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 46 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 6x
Frequency: 3.50 GHz 3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.90 GHz 3.80 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.70 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache6.00 MB15.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-4690Intel Core i7-6850K
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 4600no iGPU
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader20 / 160 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology22 nm
Release dateQ2/2013

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-4690Intel Core i7-6850K
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-4690Intel Core i7-6850K
MemoryDDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR4-2400 (76.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB128 GB
Memory channels24
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 40
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-4690Intel Core i7-6850K
TDP84 W140 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-4690Intel Core i7-6850K
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ2/2014Q2/2016
Release price224 $628 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-4690
Intel Core i5-4690
4C / 4T · 3.50 - 3.90 GHz
Intel Core i7-6850K
Intel Core i7-6850K
6C / 12T · 3.60 - 3.80 GHz

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