i5 6500 vs 4690

[haveron]

How do the i5 6500 and 4690 when upgrading from a pheonom 940 in terms of performance and value? Thanks

 

[bossgunner]

Huh. 4690 is better I guess. Better performance and integrated graphics.

 

[Colethelion321]

i have to disagree the 6th gen is a MUCH better value. MUCH!!
dont buy old parts like the 4thgen cpus.
for value go with the 6500
acording to benchmarks the 4690 is better by %2
the best part is its brand new and you get ddr4 support.
as for upgrading from the cpu you currently have the i5 6500 is %78 better than the phenom IIx4 940
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Phenom-II-X4-940-vs-Intel-Core-i5-6500/m2203vs3513

 

[rcald2000]

Personally I'm divided on this topic. On one hand: I'm always an advocate for being on the latest technology, which in this case would be the i5-6500. I like that many of those boards come with M.2 slots, and that there is a future upgrade path to a i7-6700k. On the other hand: The 6700k is currently overpriced. While the i7-4790k can be had for $300 new at MicroCenter (local pickup). It can be purchased used on Ebay for $250 or less. But were it my money, I'd ultimately opt for the socket 1151 i5-6500. However, if I were considering starting out with a $300 CPU investment, I'd opt for the 5820k, which can be purchase at MicroCenter (local pickup) for that price. You can't beat that price for six cores.

 

[sammy sung]

Agreed

i5-6500

• Relative 5-10% IPC improvement
• DDR4 Support
• Various Motherboard Feature Availability
• Better iGPU
• Lower TDP
• Not that it matters, but larger memory supported

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

performance 4690, value 4690.

 

[sammy sung]

performance 4690, value 4690.

Realistically though, the 4690 new with an entry level H97 board is roughly the same as a 6500 new with an entry level H170 board.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H170A-X1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $313.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-20 10:51 EST-0500

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($214.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $324.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-20 10:52 EST-0500

So unless the op is reusing his DDR3 from his previous set-up, which is a 50/50 chance, there really is no value for the 4690.

http://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-intel_core_i5_6500-524-vs-intel_core_i5_4690-356

This doesn't exactly equate to real world performance of course. Telling a difference between the two in gaming would be pretty difficult.

 

[Tradesman1]

The two newer are about a toss, pretty much even with the 6500 being newer - either is about twice as powerful as the AMD CPU

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

you could have done a fair comparison

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($214.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($67.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: PNY Anarchy 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($32.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $315.87



PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H170A-X1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($33.35 @ Newegg)
Total: $312.33


1% in favor of 6500
if op already has 4 gb or 8 gb ram, then


$282.88 4th

$312.33 6th

10% in favor of 4690



could argue upgrade path, but honestly majority never upgrade anyways.

 

[Colethelion321]

i upgraded from a 3rdgen and the i5 6600 is much better.

 

[bossgunner]

Hold the heck up, latest doesn't matter if it isn't as good as other stuff.