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Core i5-4690K vs i5-4590S


Description
Both models i5-4690K and i5-4590S are based on Haswell architecture.

"Haswell is known as fourth-generation core too. It uses 22nm Tri-Gate FinFET (non-planar, ""3D"") technology. It includes four arithmetic logic unit (ALU) and three address generation unit (AGU). This generation is able to run Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2) instruction set among BMI1, BMI2, ABM and FMA3. At this time, Intel used new sockets: LGA 1150 for desktops and BGA1364 for the mobile CPUs."

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-4690K gets a score of 117.4 k points while the i5-4590S gets 117.8 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-4590S is 1 times faster than the i5-4690K . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306c3
306c3
Core
Haswell
Haswell
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.5 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.9 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
LGA 1150
LGA 1150
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/4
TDP
88 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
32+32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
6144 kB
Date
June 2014
May 2014
Mean monothread perf.
34.37k points
34.75k points
Mean multithread perf.
117.37k points
117.77k points

Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
i5-4690K
i5-4590S
Test#1 (Integers)
4.39k
4.24k (x0.97)
Test#2 (FP)
10.93k
10.54k (x0.96)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.82k
4.76k (x0.99)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.11k
4.29k (x1.04)
TOTAL
24.26k
23.84k (x0.98)

Multithread

i5-4690K

i5-4590S
Test#1 (Integers)
8.67k
15.01k (x1.73)
Test#2 (FP)
21.42k
37.75k (x1.76)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
9.52k
17.12k (x1.8)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.18k
8.48k (x2.03)
TOTAL
43.79k
78.37k (x1.79)

AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
i5-4690K
i5-4590S
Test#1 (Integers)
13.71k
13.19k (x0.96)
Test#2 (FP)
12.53k
12.31k (x0.98)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.98k
4.98k (x1)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.15k
4.27k (x1.36)
TOTAL
34.37k
34.75k (x1.01)

Multithread

i5-4690K

i5-4590S
Test#1 (Integers)
50.91k
47.15k (x0.93)
Test#2 (FP)
45.46k
44.1k (x0.97)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
18.55k
17.93k (x0.97)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.44k
8.6k (x3.52)
TOTAL
117.37k
117.77k (x1)

Performance/W
i5-4690K
i5-4590S
Test#1 (Integers)
579 points/W
725 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
517 points/W
678 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
211 points/W
276 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
28 points/W
132 points/W
TOTAL
1334 points/W
1812 points/W

Performance/GHz
i5-4690K
i5-4590S
Test#1 (Integers)
3515 points/GHz
3564 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
3213 points/GHz
3326 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1277 points/GHz
1345 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
807 points/GHz
1155 points/GHz
TOTAL
8812 points/GHz
9391 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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