i5 4690 better than i7 4770?

[Pattrick Levin]

So i recently bought a pc with an i7-4770 and i've been looking at this website http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-4770-vs-Intel-Core-i5-4690K/1978vs2432 and i'm wondering is my i7 4770 weaker than an i5? Would i need to upgrade to another locked i7 or is this one is still good for now?

 

[migronesien]

The 4770 will still run anything wihout any problems. The website is also comparing your CPU to an unlocked version of the 4690.
4690 < 4770 < 4690k
Unlocked CPU with some OC will always be faster than locked ones but since games are mostly GPU orientadet it doesn't really matter THAT much. 😛

 

[guanyu210379]

i7 4690 is not stronger than i7 4770
i7 4770 is not weaker than i5 4690
Single core performance: 4690 > 4770
Multicore performance: 4690 < 4770
For gaming: no noticeable difference.

 

[Rookie_MIB]

Agreed. In general, the 4690k is slightly higher (100mhz) than the 4770, and when OC'd is significantly higher (4.4-4.6ghz).

However, with the 4770 has hyperthreading which allows for better multi-core performance on highly-threaded loads. So for gaming, both would be perfectly fine, the 4690k overclocked might be better by a fraction.

However in video processing and such, the 4770 would be better.

 

[synphul]

I'm thinking it may be beneficial to check some other benchmarks. I don't know how userbench gets their results but their info is off. The 4690k is 3.5 (3.9ghz turbo) and the 4770 is 3.4 (3.9ghz turbo) so they both turbo to the same clock speed. Userbench reported the 'best' bench as only 3.4ghz. What happened to the 3.9ghz turbo? Even when all 4 cores are active the 4770 moves to 3.7ghz, not limited to 3.4.

The 'best' bench for the 4690k reported 4.95ghz which is a helluva overclock. Don't expect anywhere near that unless you're willing to go out of the realm of safe vcore when overclocked purely for a bench score, it's unrealistic. 4.5, 4.6, maybe 4.7 (if it's a better overclocker) for daily use is more realistic.

As others stated in heavy multitasking or heavy thread loads like video encoding the i7 will benefit from hyper threading.