i5 4690 vs i5 4690K

[Miguel4ms]

I was comparing the 2 processors (On benchmark) and i saw that 4690K is better than 4690. I know the "K" is for overclocking but I dont know wich to chose since:

- I think I wont overclock
- 4690K is chepear than 4690 (around 50 dollar in my local store)

 

[lakimens]

You don't have to overclock it, but make sure it comes with a cooler. It's a much better CPU.
If it doesn't you should get a cheap one like Hyper 212 Evo.

 

[Math Geek]

4690k comes with a stock cooler which is good enough for stock speeds.


they have the same stock clock speeds so they will be equal if left alone. but of course you can oc the 4690k to get some extra speed out of it. i have one paired with a 212 evo cooler on an msi z97 gaming 5 mobo. it sits at 4.2 ghz and runs nice and cool. it can go higher but i did not want to push it with the lower end cooler.

for $50 cheaper, it's a no brainer to get the 4690k, even if you don't want to oc it. it will still work on an h97 board no problem with the stock cooler if you wanna go that cheap

 

[Karadjgne]

There are slight differences other than speeds. The 4690 supports Safe computing, it's actually slightly better at bitmining than the K, but the K has a few more instruction set supports, and that can change app usage in its favor slightly. It's also 88w TDP vrs the 4690 84w TDP,mainly due to the extra instructions.

Overclock though depends not only on the cpu being K, but the motherboard being Z. Without both, there's no overclocking anyways, so for all intents and purposes the K being almost identical, slightly better performance for $50 less is a no brainer, be it overclockable or not.

 

[synphul]

Outside of a few minor differences like trusted execution technology that the vast majority of users will never use or have a need for, there's no real difference between them at stock. Same cache, same clock speeds, one isn't inherently better than the other out of the box. Yes the k can be overclocked with a z board but at stock its performance is the same as the 4690. If not looking to overclock they have the same performance.

Both come with a stock cooler. Get whichever is cheaper. If running the 4690k at stock there is no 'slightly better performance', there's 'identical performance'. Same 3.5ghz base speed, same 3.9ghz turbo boost speed, same memory capacity, memory speeds, bus speeds.

 

[Karadjgne]

While I'm not usually a big fan of cpuboss, I find their comparisons somewhat lacking, with all the similarities between the 2x cpus, you'd think that benchmarks would be somewhat identical, as said, everything is the same.
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-4690K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-4690
My only conclusion being that the instruction sets included in the K make a minor difference, just as the trusted stuff makes a slight difference to bitmining. It's what I meant by slightly, not as in something that's going to bump 10fps,