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Intel Core i5 4690K

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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i5 4690K vs 2500K

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 4690K
3,306
Core i5 2500K
2,750

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4690K
11,924
Core i5 2500K
9,382

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4690K
3,649
Core i5 2500K
2,994

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4690K
5,060,000 MB/s
Core i5 2500K
2,530,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4690K
11,872
Core i5 2500K
10,319

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4690K
12,942
Core i5 2500K
11,186

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i5 4690K
7,767
Core i5 2500K
6,383

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i5 4690K
2,237
Core i5 2500K
1,863

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Core i5 4690K  vs
2500K 
Clock speed 3.5 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo clock speed 3.9 GHz 3.7 GHz
Cores Quad core Quad core
Is unlocked Yes Yes

features
Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Supports trusted computing No No
Has virtualization support Yes Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
EM64T
SSE
SSE4.1
FMA3
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
AVX 2.0
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

power consumption
TDP 88W 95W
Annual home energy cost 21.2 $/year 41.29 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 77.09 $/year 110.03 $/year
Performance per watt 10.77 pt/W 6.79 pt/W
Typical power consumption 71.5W 112.55W

bus
Architecture DMI 2.0 DMI
Number of links 0 1
Transfer rate 5,000 MT/s 5,000 MT/s

details

 Core i5 4690K  vs
2500K 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 4 4
L3 cache 6 MB 6 MB
L3 cache per core 1.5 MB/core 1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process 22 nm 32 nm
Max CPUs 1 1
Operating temperature Unknown - 72.72°C 5 - 72.6°C

overclocking
Overclocked clock speed 4.51 GHz 4.98 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.58 GHz 4.88 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked) 4,652.1 5,433.6
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.51 GHz 4.98 GHz

integrated graphics
GPU GPU GPU
Label Intel® HD Graphics 4600 Intel® HD Graphics 3000
Number of displays supported 3 2
GPU clock speed 350 MHz 850 MHz
Turbo clock speed 1,200 MHz 1,100 MHz

memory controller
Memory controller Built-in Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3L-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3-1066
DDR3
Channels Dual Channel Dual Channel
Supports ECC No No
Maximum bandwidth 25,600 MB/s 21,333.32 MB/s
Maximum memory size 32,768 MB 32,768 MB
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Comments

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Voidy (08:49 AM, August 24, 2015)
I'm running my 2500k @4.5 GHz stable since about 6 Months (without chaning the VCore). Thermalright Macho, MSI P67A-G45.
LateBoomer (01:00 PM, August 5, 2015)
Late :( into overclocking. Is it okay for the 2500k to run at 4.0GHz on air stable? My Current set up is 2500k, CM 212 Evo Heatsink, and z77 Asrock Extreme 4. I have been running at stock 3.3 Ghz
Skylark (01:13 PM, December 8, 2014)
Exactly, not worth the upgrade. My trusty 2500k is running at 4.3ghz without breaking a sweat in games! Hopefully Skylake or Cannonflake will do better!
Edward (02:40 AM, December 5, 2014)
If you want a noticeable difference go for the 5960x, it's just 1000 bucks!
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