Intel Core i5-4690S vs AMD Athlon 220GE

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i5-4690S and AMD Athlon 220GE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-4690S

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2202 vs 1961
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5527 vs 4432
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2202 vs 1961
PassMark - CPU mark 5527 vs 4432

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 220GE

  • Around 33% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 71.35°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 71.35°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i5-4690S
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 220GE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2202
1961
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5527
4432
Name Intel Core i5-4690S AMD Athlon 220GE
PassMark - Single thread mark 2202 1961
PassMark - CPU mark 5527 4432
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 934
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 72.502
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.415
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.945
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1370
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5396
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1370
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5396

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core i5-4690S AMD Athlon 220GE

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell
Launch date Q2'14
Place in performance rating 1317 1302
Processor Number i5-4690S
Series 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors AMD Athlon Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Status Discontinued
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD Athlon Processors
OPN Tray YD220GC6M2OFB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.20 GHz 3.4 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 71.35°C 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4 4
Compute Cores 5
L1 cache 192 KB
L2 cache 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB
Number of GPU cores 3
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz

Graphics

Device ID 0x412
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 2 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 4600 Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
Graphics max frequency 1000 MHz
iGPU core count 3

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
VGA

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA 1920x1200@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.2/12
OpenGL 4.3

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1150 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2013C

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision Up to 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)