Intel Core i9-9900X vs Intel Core i5-4690

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Intel Core i9-9900X CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-4690
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i5-4690

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Core i9-9900X and the Intel Core i5-4690 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Core i9-9900X 10 core processor released in Q4/2018 with the Intel Core i5-4690 which has 4 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2014.
Intel Core i9 (78) Family Intel Core i5 (328)
Intel Core i 9000X (8) CPU group Intel Core i 4000 (64)
9 Generation 4
Skylake X Refresh Architecture Haswell S
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
Intel Core i9-7900X Predecessor --
Intel Core i9-10900X Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-9900X is a 10 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.50 GHz (4.50 GHz). The processor can compute 20 threads at the same time. The Intel Core i5-4690 clocks with 3.50 GHz (3.90 GHz), has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel.

Intel Core i9-9900X Characteristic Intel Core i5-4690
10 Cores 4
20 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
Yes Overclocking ? No
3.50 GHz Frequency 3.50 GHz
4.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.90 GHz
4.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.70 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core i9-9900X Characteristic Intel Core i5-4690
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.20 GHz
-- GPU Generation 7.5
Technology 22 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 20
-- Shader 160
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 11.1

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 4600
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 128 GB of memory in a maximum of 4 memory channels is supported by the Intel Core i9-9900X, while the Intel Core i5-4690 supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s enabled.

Intel Core i9-9900X Characteristic Intel Core i5-4690
DDR4-2666 Memory DDR3-1600
128 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
42.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
19.00 MB L3 Cache 6.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
44 PCIe lanes 16
43.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Core i9-9900X has a TDP of 165 W. The TDP of the Intel Core i5-4690 is 84 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Core i9-9900X Characteristic Intel Core i5-4690
165 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 84 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
92 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i9-9900X has 19.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 14 nm. The cache of Intel Core i5-4690 is at 6.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 22 nm.

Intel Core i9-9900X Characteristic Intel Core i5-4690
14 nm Technology 22 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
LGA 2066 Socket LGA 1150
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2018 Release date Q2/2014
989 $ Release price 224 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 6 CPU benchmarks

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz
1174 (100%)
Intel Core i5-4690 Intel Core i5-4690
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
917 (78%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
10490 (100%)
Intel Core i5-4690 Intel Core i5-4690
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
2913 (28%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz
1459 (100%)
Intel Core i5-4690 Intel Core i5-4690
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1193 (82%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
9475 (100%)
Intel Core i5-4690 Intel Core i5-4690
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
3378 (36%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
21882 (100%)
Intel Core i5-4690 Intel Core i5-4690
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
5602 (26%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
169.7 (27%)
Intel Core i5-4690 Intel Core i5-4690
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
625.6 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 3.50 GHz
5640 (100%)
Intel Core i5-4690 Intel Core i5-4690
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1581 (28%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz
197 (100%)
Intel Core i5-4690 Intel Core i5-4690
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
152 (77%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
2114 (100%)
Intel Core i5-4690 Intel Core i5-4690
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
534 (25%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-4690 Intel Core i5-4690
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
958 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-4690 Intel Core i5-4690
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
3549 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz
455 (100%)
Intel Core i5-4690 Intel Core i5-4690
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
4855 (100%)
Intel Core i5-4690 Intel Core i5-4690
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-4690 Intel Core i5-4690
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.20 GHz
384 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-4690 Intel Core i5-4690
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
408 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i5-4690
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