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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-8500 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-4690 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-4690 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-8500 is 1385 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-4690.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-4690
- Up to 71% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - $51.43 vs $174.96
- Up to 70% better value when playing Sea of Thieves than Core i5-8500 - $0.22 vs $0.74 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 3% better in Sea of Thieves than Core i5-4690 - 235 vs 229 FPS
- Consumes up to 23% less energy than Intel Core i5-4690 - 65 vs 84 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-4690 - 6 vs 4 threads
Sea of Thieves
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Core i5-4690
Desktop • May 1st, 2014
FPS
229
97%
Value, $/FPS
$0.22/FPS
100%
Price, $
$51.43
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i5-4690 Processor (6M Cache, 3.5 GHz upto 3.90 GHz) BX80646I54690, CPU Only
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Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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TOP 5 Games
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Core i5-4690
Desktop • May 1st, 2014
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-4690 | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
| May 1st, 2014 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Haswell | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 6 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 3.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 84 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
34.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| Intel HD 4600 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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