Intel® Core™ i5-4690 Processor
6M Cache, up to 3.90 GHz
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Expert reviews
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05/27/2016
SummaryThough there are still some hotly anticipated titles due in 2016, we might already have the game of the year on our hands. Overwatch has been on our radar for a while now but it recently blew up in a big way with an open beta that attracted over 9 million...
techspot.com -
04/06/2015
SummaryWhen building a new computer, price is often the factor that dictates which components you buy. Setting a budget is usually the easy part while picking the right hardware to meet that cap is the real challenge, especially with gaming systems as both the C...
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09/14/2014
SummaryDesktop users who run computations-heavy applications are always glad to see faster processors but Intel's latest CPUs have only provided a performance gain of 5 to 10% with each new generation which was ensured by minor microarchitecture optimizations. T...
xbitlabs.com -
07/17/2014
SummaryWith the clock speed change, the package is also adjusted in two distinct ways. The first is to add extra decoupling capacitors on the PCB, allowing the voltage regulator on the die to deliver cleaner power to where it needs to go. The second addresses th...
anandtech.com -
05/27/2014
SummaryThe Haswell Refresh brand covers ordinary enough processors that don’t have anything new to offer to the public. Intel didn't do any engineering work with them, so the consumer properties of the new LGA1150 CPUs are the same as before including the nu...
xbitlabs.com -
05/15/2014
SummaryAs expected, the Core i7-4790 CPU that we had beats the i7-4770K in each of the CPU benchmarks by a consistent margin due to the CPU frequency increase. In a similar vein, the IGP of the i7-4790 trails that of the i7-4770K due to the 50 MHz deficit on the...
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