Intel Core i5-4690K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i5 AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  4 4
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 4000 AMD Ryzen 5000
• Predecessor
  -- AMD Ryzen 5 4600H

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.50 GHz 3.50 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4600 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz --
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.20 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  20 --
• Shader
  160 --
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  3 --
• Generation
  7.5 --
• Technology
  22 nm --
• Release date
  Q2/2013 --

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and Intel Core i5-4690K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 64 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-4690K and AMD Ryzen 5 5600 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  88 W 65 W
• TDP down
  -- 45 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-4690K and Intel Core i5-4690K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  -- 3.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB 32.00 MB
• Architecture
  Devils Canyon S Vermeer (Zen 3)
• Technology
  22 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1150 AM4
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q2/2022