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.