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Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz comparison with AMD FX-8320 review
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We explored the difference between the Core i5-4690 3.5GHz computer processing solution and its counter part the FX-8320 CPU, with 4 more cores being available to the FX-8320 when stacked against the Core i5-4690 3.5GHz. More cores is almost always equal to better overall processor performance and the Processor options being compared have an equal core speed of 3.5GHz.

The FX-8320 has been available for quite a bit longer than the Core i5-4690 3.5GHz, which released over 5 months ago. This means the FX-8320 came out 1 year before the more recently released Core i5-4690 3.5GHz. With a pretty sizable 41W difference the Core i5-4690 3.5GHz has a much lower power consumption than the compared FX-8320.

Based around our current online price guides we can see the Core i5-4690 3.5GHz is $279.92 more expensive of the two processors being compared here. The price to performance processor analysis of the CPU options available shows us that, based on todays prices, the FX-8320 offers the better value when compared to the Core i5-4690 3.5GHz CPU, by a noticeable amount. Its worth mentioning again that the Core i5-4690 3.5GHz processor is a bit better than the FX-8320.

Core Details
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Cores
4
vs
8
4
Speed
3.5GHz
vs
3.5GHz
-
Turbo Speed
3.9GHz
vs
4GHz
100MHz
Overclock Capacity
130%
vs
130%
-
Tech Specs
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Release Date
5 months
vs
2 years
1 year
Codename
Haswell
vs
Vishera
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Lithography
22nm
vs
32nm
10nm
CPU Socket
LGA 1150
vs
Socket AM3+
-
Integrated GPU
Intel HD Graphics 4600 Desktop
vs
-
-
Power & Memory
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Required Power
84W
vs
125W
41W
L1 Cache
256KB
vs
384KB
128KB
L2 Cache
1MB
vs
8MB
7MB
L3 Cache
6MB
vs
8MB
2MB
Benchmarks
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Benchmark suite
Difference
3D Mark Vantage - High
-
vs
-
-
3D Mark Vantage - Main Test
-
vs
-
-
Aida 64 Extreme Edition - CPU AES
-
vs
918
918
Aida 64 Extreme Edition - CPU Hash
-
vs
2440
2440
Aida 64 Extreme Edition - CPU PhotoWorxx
-
vs
11432
11432
Aida 64 Extreme Edition - CPU Queen
-
vs
43724
43724
Aida 64 Extreme Edition - FPU Mandel
-
vs
5920
5920
Aida 64 Extreme Edition - FPU SinJulia
-
vs
4647
4647
Aida 64 Extreme Edition - FPU VP8
-
vs
5537
5537
Bioshock Infinite - Average FPS
-
vs
-
-
Cinebench - CPU
-
vs
-
-
FurMark - v1.10.6
-
vs
-
-
Heaven Benchmark - Default Setting
1658
vs
553
1105
Hyper Pi - 1M
-
vs
22.524
22
NovaBench - CPU Test
-
vs
-
-
NovaBench - Hardware Tests
-
vs
-
-
PassMark PerformanceTest - CPU Mark
-
vs
8075
8075
Super PI Mod - 1M
-
vs
-
-
ThrottleStop - TS Bench
-
vs
-
-
Gaming Performance
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Watch Dogs
40
vs
37
3
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
60
vs
43
17
Battlefield 4
60
vs
51
9
Assassins Creed 4 Black Flag
51
vs
33
18
Grand Theft Auto IV
71
vs
45
26
Crysis 3
57
vs
52
5
Call of Duty: Ghosts
63
vs
51
12
Battlefield 3
72
vs
69
3
Far Cry 3
64
vs
53
11
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
123
vs
85
38
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
153
vs
200
47
Assassins Creed 3
77
vs
76
1
Minecraft
151
vs
135
16
Need For Speed: Most Wanted 2
130
vs
75
55
Wolfenstein: The New Order
50
vs
50
-
Sleeping Dogs
69
vs
73
4
Payday 2
105
vs
86
19
Tomb Raider
67
vs
56
11
Hitman Absolution
56
vs
35
21
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
90
vs
90
-
The Witcher II
82
vs
78
4
Saints Row 3
55
vs
55
-
Batman: Arkham Origins
73
vs
48
25
Thief 2014
81
vs
74
7
Mafia 2
60
vs
59
1
Metro: Last Light
51
vs
50
1
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
130
vs
127
3
Resident Evil 6
90
vs
66
24
Medal of Honor: Warfighter
52
vs
47
5
Bioshock Infinite
72
vs
58
14
Crysis
32
vs
43
11
Assassins Creed: Revelations
60
vs
52
8
Metro Redux
64
vs
60
4
Dishonored
60
vs
50
10
Metro 2033
105
vs
64
41
Grid Racedriver 2
60
vs
65
5
Price to Performance
8.6
vs
10
1.4
Todays Price
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$279.92
Rating
10.0
vs
9.5
0.5
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