i7-4790K vs Core i5-4690K (HD 4600 Graphics Comparison)

nathanlaw90

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Hi,

Could somebody please explain the difference in on-board graphics performance between these two chips if any?

And could someone possibly provide me with in-game FPS results or a side by side gaming comparison.

And before anybody starts telling me I "Should" use a GPU or "Need" a GPU, I'm not interested. I simply want to know the FPS differences in RUNNABLE games!

Thanks,

Nathan.
 
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The integrated graphics between the two is exactly the same.
I would have no problem starting with integrated and planning on adding a discrete card later.
Between the two, the i5-4690K is very good for gaming.
Few games can use more than 2-3 cores, so the hyperthreads of a 4790K will not hardly be used.
But, if the $100 price premium is not important to you, the 4790K will buy you a better binned chip that runs at 4.0/4.4 stock; no overclocking needed.

Today, planning for a cpu for a gaming build, build with a i5-6600K and a Z170 based motherboard.
The 6600K has better performance per clock than haswell and overclocks nicely.
The bigger reason is the added capability of the Z170 chipset to run the faster pcie and sata express drives...
The integrated graphics between the two is exactly the same.
I would have no problem starting with integrated and planning on adding a discrete card later.
Between the two, the i5-4690K is very good for gaming.
Few games can use more than 2-3 cores, so the hyperthreads of a 4790K will not hardly be used.
But, if the $100 price premium is not important to you, the 4790K will buy you a better binned chip that runs at 4.0/4.4 stock; no overclocking needed.

Today, planning for a cpu for a gaming build, build with a i5-6600K and a Z170 based motherboard.
The 6600K has better performance per clock than haswell and overclocks nicely.
The bigger reason is the added capability of the Z170 chipset to run the faster pcie and sata express drives that are coming soon.
And, I think the integrated 530 graphics will be superior to the haswell graphics .
 
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