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In short — Core i5-9400 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-4690K on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-4690K is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-9400 is 1600 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-4690K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-4690K
- Up to 67% cheaper than Core i5-9400 - $53.0 vs $160.91
- Up to 66% better value when playing Sea of Thieves than Core i5-9400 - $0.23 vs $0.68 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400
- Performs up to 1% better in Sea of Thieves than Core i5-4690K - 235 vs 232 FPS
- Consumes up to 26% less energy than Intel Core i5-4690K - 65 vs 88 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-4690K - 6 vs 4 threads
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Intel Core i5-4690K Processor 3.9 4 BX80646I54690K
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Intel Core i5-9400 Desktop Processor 6 Cores 2. 90 GHz up to 4. 10 GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W Processors BX80684I59400
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Core i5-4690K
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Core i5-9400
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-4690K | vs | Intel Core i5-9400 |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2nd, 2014 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 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 | 2.9 GHz |
| 3.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 88 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| Intel HD 4600 | Integrated Graphics | UHD 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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