AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
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AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Intel Core i5-4690. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2023
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Released
Q2/2014
Overall score
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Intel Core i5-4690
Intel Core i5-4690

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme or Intel Core i5-4690? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. 8 / 16 Cores. Power consumption of 28 W. Released in Q2/2023.

Intel Core i5-4690 has a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 84 W. Released in Q2/2014.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    60 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    4 times more cores

    8 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 24% better overclocked clock speed

    5.10 GHz left arrow 3.90 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    28 W left arrow 84 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    47 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    91 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    55 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    221 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    25 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    70 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    92 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    803 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 6% better clock speed

    3.50 GHz left arrow 3.30 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-4690 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    412 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    545 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    620 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    779 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    929 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    50 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    294 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    348 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    90 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    286 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    193 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    683 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Intel Core i5-4690 Intel Core i5-4690
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Family
    AMD Ryzen Z1 left arrow Intel Core i5
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 7040 left arrow Intel Core i 4000
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 4
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Frequency
    3.30 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon 780M Graphics left arrow Intel HD Graphics 4600
  • GPU frequency
    1.20 GHz left arrow 0.35 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    2.70 GHz left arrow 1.20 GHz
  • Execution units
    12 left arrow 20
  • Shader
    768 left arrow 160
  • Max. GPU Memory
    32 GB left arrow 2 GB
  • Max. displays
    4 left arrow 3
  • Generation
    10 left arrow 7.5
  • Technology
    4 nm left arrow 22 nm
  • Release date
    Q1/2023 left arrow Q2/2013
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode left arrow No
  • VP9
    Decode left arrow No
  • AV1
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-4690 and AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR5-5600LPDDR5X-7500 left arrow DDR3-1600
  • Max. Memory
    256 GB left arrow
  • Memory channels
    2 (Dual Channel) left arrow 2
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme and Intel Core i5-4690 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP up
    30 W left arrow --
  • TDP down
    15 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    100 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme and AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Technology
    4 nm left arrow 22 nm
  • Socket
    FP8 left arrow LGA 1150
  • L2-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow --
  • L3-Cache
    16.00 MB left arrow 6.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Phoenix (Zen 4) left arrow Haswell S
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • Release date
    Q2/2023 left arrow Q2/2014

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme and Intel Core i5-4690.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1917
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
917
Intel Core i5-4690
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
9977
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
2913
Intel Core i5-4690
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
4300
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
384
Intel Core i5-4690

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