i5 4690k or i5 6600k

[Sadclown09]

what would you suggest?

 

[Cem Goker]

If you have the money, then go for the 6600k(that includes the new motherboard chipsets and DDR4 RAMs). The 4690k is still a really great CPU to have.

 

[Mugglensu1984]

i5 6600k

Pros: Better iGPU performance, 5-10% performance increase over the 4690K (which imho is not worth the extra cost for DDR4)
Cons: Higher cost for DDR4 Ram, Higher TDP

i5 4690k

Pros: Higher OC, Lower TDP
Cons: Older iGPU.

But lets face it who'd not buy a discrete gpu alongside these two CPUs?

 

[xephex]

The 6600k is a better processor. All benchmarks I've seen have shown that it outperforms the 4690k. It is also far more power efficient and has much better on board graphics. These benchmarks from Tom's hardware includes both the 4690k and 6600k:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/skylake-intel-core-i7-6700k-core-i5-6600k,review-33276-7.html

You might want to take into account that the new skylake 6th generation processors use a new socket (LGA 1151) so you'll need a new motherboard.

The new skylake architecture supports DDR4 memory. DDR4 memory will probably get cheaper soon, so you'll probably want to think about that.

 

[Jonathan Cave]

You will also need an aftermarket CPU fan with the 6600k (but your buying a K series anyway for overclocking right?)

Trying to compare apples with apples is hard, but here's a good example to work with.

6600k + COST OF CPU HSF / Cooler

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£189.98 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£92.98 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£51.76 @ More Computers)
Total: £334.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-13 16:45 BST+0100

4690k

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.24 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory (£36.98 @ Dabs)
Total: £266.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-13 16:46 BST+0100

Adapt this to your local currancy it's £68 more for the 6600k but you'll get better connectivity, (e.g. USB) faster CPU / RAM.
What are you upgrading from ? anything newer than sandybridge then i wouldnt bother tbh if its gaming alone.

hope this helps.

 

[TechyInAZ]

i5 6600k

Pros: Better iGPU performance, 5-10% performance increase over the 4690K (which imho is not worth the extra cost for DDR4)
Cons: Higher cost for DDR4 Ram, Higher TDP

i5 4690k

Pros: Higher OC, Lower TDP
Cons: Older iGPU.

But lets face it who'd not buy a discrete gpu alongside these two CPUs?

Higher overclock on haswell? Could of swore that in general, skylate CPUs get 100-200mhz better overclock then haswell (meaning more 5.0Ghz i7 skylates instead of 4.9ghz haswell i7s).

 

[Jonathan Cave]

it is rumoured that 50% of i7 skylakes can achieve 4.6ghz but it comes down the the chip you buy.

 

[Varun1801]

But lets face it who'd not buy a discrete gpu alongside these two CPUs?

That would be me. I was looking for a general use computer, and I'm now using Intel HD graphics 530 ☺

 

[Karnivore]

I've just built a PC for my dad using the 6600K and Z170-A. It's incredibly silent, lightening fast, power efficient, has the newer technology in and the iGPU can handle 1080p videos handily. I reused my old 650W PSU as I bought myself a new RMi 750W PSU for my X99 system, but the PC in its entirety probably only needs about 200W, less than a GTX 980.

If you're gaming then a discrete GPU would be required, but I wouldn't expect a gamer to be buying the 6600K when gaming is hitting/soon to hit the point where threads and cores will become beneficial, and certainly not when the 5820K can be had for a small premium more.

 

[whoratesit]

There is no contest really, the 6600K is better (although not by a huge margin) in just about every way, comparing equivalent builds on Haswell and Skylake:

Userbenchmark PC Build Comparison
Baseline Bench: Desk 88%, Game 83%, Work 54%
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K $228
GPU: Nvidia GTX 970 $325
SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $85
HDD: WD Blue 1TB (2012) $49
MBD: Asus Z97-A $127
Total: $814

Alternative Bench: Desk 97%, Game 86%, Work 60%
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K $253
GPU: Nvidia GTX 970 $325
SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $85
HDD: WD Blue 1TB (2012) $49
MBD: Asus Z170-A $154
Total: $866

For basically the same money you get a better overall PC for Desktop, Gaming and Workstation.

 

[einzele]

for roughly $50 difference including ddr3 vs ddr4 price, you get slightly better performance, slightly better temperature, and more feature on your board. yep the 6600k skylake is worth it.

 

[lodders]

Get a 4690k processor and a H81 motherboard, and stick with the stock cooler.
H81 motherboards have enough connectivity for most requirements, and yes, you can overclock a K series processor with them. (Well, you can with my Gigabyte H81 HD3 anyway) Admittedly, the power supply phases are lower spec than expensive motherboards, but 1.2V CPU voltage should get you an overclock to 4.3Ghz, and at that speed and voltage the stock cooler is adequate.
The H81 motherboard is limited to 1600Mhz memory, but I found on my other PC that faster memory only gets you small performance improvements.
Result, you save $50 on the motherboard, $10 on the memory, $40 on the CPU cooler, and you still get a computer which is very nearly as fast.

For those who don't believe me about the cooler, remember, Intel supply the same cooler on a i7 that turbos to 4.4Ghz, and they offer a full guarantee on that.

 

[lionel_1]

i5 6600k

Pros: Better iGPU performance, 5-10% performance increase over the 4690K (which imho is not worth the extra cost for DDR4)
Cons: Higher cost for DDR4 Ram, Higher TDP

i5 4690k

Pros: Higher OC, Lower TDP
Cons: Older iGPU.

But lets face it who'd not buy a discrete gpu alongside these two CPUs?

Ignoring the better CPU iGPU, since nobody utilizes it anyways.

Between the i5-6600k and the i5-4690k the only differences are the turbo clock speeds and bench scores (not in actual performance). The i5-6600k has less extension support then the i5-4690k. Plus the FSB architecture on the Skylake is OLD and is inferior to the DMI 2.0 on the Haswell.

The only plus sides to having the Skylake is higher transfer rate on bus and higher memory size (and support for DDR4 ram). But it does sacrifice memory bandwidth for those edges so it's not necessarily good. Other then that there are no comparable differences and it leads me towards the i5-4690k still (based on the FSB vs DMI 2.0).

 

[jeffredo]

If you are building from scratch you might as well get the i5-6600k. If you are reusing a substantial amount of DDR3 go with the i5-4690k. The performance difference isn't huge.

 

[eddieb101]

If you look at Digital Foundary.... they did comparisons between the 4690k and 6600k in combo with a titan x and found the 6600k produced upwards of 10%+ fps depending on the game. They said in games such as gta5 the 6600k compared well with the devils canyon i7 4790k

 

[Gamer1985]

There is a very small difference between DDR3 and DDR4 costs now. That should no longer be an issue for anyone. Ive seen a maybe $8 difference between the 2. I would go for the 6600K for the newer architecture alone.

 

[synphul]

This thread is now 6 months old with no response from the op. It is now being closed since they likely made their decision within this time.