Intel Core i5 4670K 

Released April, 2013
  • 3.4 GHz
  • Quad core
  • Unlocked
9.4 Out of 10

The Intel Core i5 4670K is a Haswell processor sporting four cores, each clocked at 3.4GHz. The processor is also capable of sustaining up to four different threads, promising good performance. What is new about the 4670K, and differentiates it from its predecessor- the i5-3570K- is better power consumption, and it also offers better CPU performance, as well as improving on the GPU, than the 3570K, which is a good gaming processor in itself. Now the 4670K succeeds the 3570K and enters the CPU charts as another great gaming processor.

CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of the Intel Core i5 4670K among desktop CPUs (over 75W)

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i5 4670K
7.5
Core i7 4770K
8.5
Core i5 4690K
7.7
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance
Core i5 4670K
9.0
Core i7 4770K
9.0
Core i5 4690K
9.2
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

Integrated Graphics

Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i5 4670K
5.9
Core i7 4770K
6.5
Core i5 4690K
5.9
Fire Strike

Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)

Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i5 4670K
6.7
Core i7 4770K
7.2
Core i5 4690K
6.4
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

Performance per Watt

How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i5 4670K
9.6
Core i7 4770K
10.0
Core i5 4690K
9.3
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?
Core i5 4670K
7.2
Core i7 4770K
6.8
Core i5 4690K
6.7
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more
9.4

CPUBoss Score

Combination of all six facets
Core i5 4670K
9.4
Core i7 4770K
9.7
Core i5 4690K
9.2

Benchmarks Real world tests of the Intel Core i5 4670K

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i5 4670K
16.37 mHash/s
Core i5 4690K
13.73 mHash/s
Core i7 4770K
16.33 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i5 4670K
1.72 fps
Core i7 4770K
1.97 fps
Core i5 4690K
1.74 fps

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 4670K
3,235
Core i7 4770K
3,316
Core i5 4690K
3,306

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 4670K
3,521
Core i7 4770K
3,761
Core i5 4690K
3,580

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 4670K
7,120
Core i7 4770K
8,693
Core i5 4690K
7,152

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4670K
11,554
Core i7 4770K
14,184
Core i5 4690K
11,924

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4670K
3,569
Core i7 4770K
3,689
Core i5 4690K
3,649

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4670K
4,930,000 MB/s
Core i5 4690K
5,060,000 MB/s
Core i7 4770K
4,810,000 MB/s

Reviews Word on the street for the Intel Core i5 4670K

8.0
read review
But the 4670K has the same 3.4GHz baseclock and 3.8GHz Turbo as the old 3570K, with the same quad-core layout, and 6MB of Intel Smart Cache.

What People Are Saying Give it to me straight

Socket Type

Surely the 100MHz increments provided by the multiplier are good enough for everything bar bragging rights?
by Tech Radar
You get 20 execution units as opposed to 16, but that's still half the number of the really interesting Iris and Iris Pro graphics cores that Intel is restricting to other Haswell chips.
by Tech Radar
Our sources in the chip channel tell us that the new Haswell models are much more variable in terms of the speeds you can achieve with retail chips, which means most gaming systems are likely to be sold with a conservative 4.2GHz overclock at best.
by Tech Radar

Applications

The new Intel Core i5-4670K enters the CPU charts as our new favourite all-round gaming CPU.
by Tech Radar
You just can't feel 50MHz in-game and it's not going to shave significant time off a video encode job.
by Tech Radar

Performance

We're not overly distracted by the new base clock strap Intel has exposed for the K series models, either.
by Tech Radar
That leaves only clockspeeds and core counts to give them a chance of achieving a tangible performance improvement.
by Tech Radar

Power

Better power consumption is always a good thing, but the savings are tiny for grid-connected appliances.
by Tech Radar

Multiplier

It gives a bit more flexibility, allowing you to hit some intermediate speeds you can't achieve with the CPU multiplier alone.
by Tech Radar

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

Clock speed 3.4 GHz
Turbo clock speed 3.8 GHz
Cores Quad core
Is unlocked Yes

features

Has a NX bit Yes
Supports trusted computing No
Has virtualization support Yes
Instruction set extensions
  1. MMX
  2. EM64T
  3. SSE4.2
  4. Supplemental SSE3
  5. AVX 2.0
  6. SSE4.1
  7. AVX
  8. SSE
  9. SSE4
  10. F16C
  11. FMA3
  12. AES
  13. SSE3
  14. SSE2
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes

power consumption

TDP 84W
Annual home energy cost 20.24 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 73.58 $/year
Performance per watt 11.18 pt/W
Typical power consumption 68.25W

bus

Architecture DMI 2.0
Number of links 0
Transfer rate 5,000 MT/s

details

Architecture x86-64
Threads 4 threads
L2 cache 1 MB
L2 cache per core 0.25 MB/core
L3 cache 6 MB
L3 cache per core 1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process 22 nm
Max CPUs 1
Operating temperature Unknown - 72.72°C

overclocking

Overclock popularity 57
Overclocked clock speed 4.48 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.55 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked) 5,198.5
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.48 GHz

integrated graphics

GPU GPU
Label Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Number of displays supported 3
GPU clock speed 350 MHz
Turbo clock speed 1,200 MHz

memory controller

Memory controller Built-in
Memory type
  1. DDR3-1600
  2. DDR3L-1600
  3. DDR3-1333
Channels Dual Channel
Supports ECC No
Maximum bandwidth 25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size 32,768 MB
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Comments

Showing 4 comments.
Brokencarr00t1 (07:37 PM, June 11, 2014)
Hey guys! If you are intresting check out this build using i5 4670k ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0OZkWH1nmE&list=PLrhDBwvPaHV8X4UPLeDZSbPayyFvQTTkt&index=1
NoNameNed (02:47 PM, October 22, 2013)
Which can mean a lot when rendering 5000 players on a video game or working on photoshop...
Guest (04:25 PM, August 31, 2013)
Hi Anon, thanks for checking out our site. Did you see our comparison of the <a href="http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-4670K-vs-AMD-FX-8350">fx 8350 vs 4670k</a>? We linked to it in the "read more" section just above the comments, and it compares the performance both single core and multi core and more between these two cpus. On this page, in the benchmarks section, we chose different CPUs to compare against for each benchmark, to try to show differences, e..g to give context to the 4670k's performance!
Anon (04:21 PM, August 31, 2013)
fucking bs they only show fx 8350 in single core performance.
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