Intel
Intel Core i5-4690K
The Devil's Canyon i5 and the last unlocked quad-core i5 for LGA1150: 3.5-3.9 GHz stock, with the improved thermal interface material and extra package capacitors that let it hold higher overclocks than the 4670K at the same temperature.
Pros
- Devil's Canyon polymer TIM runs materially cooler than the 4670K, so 4.4-4.6 GHz on air is realistic
- 100 MHz higher base and turbo than the 4670K for the same launch price
- VT-d and TSX are restored, which the earlier 4670K lacked
- AVX2/FMA3 plus PCIe 3.0 x16 and HD Graphics 4600
- Z97 boards it targets are the most feature-complete of the socket, often with M.2 slots
Cons
- Still four cores and four threads — the single biggest limitation in 2026 workloads
- 88 W base power and it draws far more once overclocked; needs a real tower cooler
- Overclocking requires a Z87 (with a BIOS update) or Z97 board
- DDR3-1600 and 32 GB maximum memory
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core i5-4690K
General
- Announced
- 2014
- Socket
- LGA1150
- Process
- 22 nm
- Base TDP
- 88 W
- Unlocked multiplier
- Yes
- Cooler included
- Yes
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 4
- Performance cores
- 4
- Efficiency cores
- 0
- Threads
- 4
- Base clock
- 3.5 GHz
- Boost clock
- 3.9 GHz
- L2 cache
- 1 MB
- L3 cache
- 6 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Intel HD Graphics 4600
- iGPU clock
- 1,200 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- DDR3-1600
- Max memory
- 32 GB
- Memory channels
- 2
Platform
- PCIe version
- 3
- CPU PCIe lanes
- 16
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 1,160
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 3,000
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,020
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 3,700
- PassMark
- 6,100
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core i5-4690K good in 2026?
The Intel Core i5-4690K earns an Inno Score of 23.7/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The Devil's Canyon i5 and the last unlocked quad-core i5 for LGA1150: 3.5-3.9 GHz stock, with the improved thermal interface material and extra package capacitors that let it hold higher overclocks than the 4670K at the same temperature.
What are the key specs of the Intel Core i5-4690K?
Cores: 4 · Threads: 4 · Boost clock: 3.9 GHz · Socket: LGA1150
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core i5-4690K?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Intel Core i7-3770, Intel Core i5-6500, Intel Core i3-8100 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.