Intel Core i5 4670K 3.4GHz Socket 1150

Overview

The Core i5 4670K is a member of Intel's new Haswell line of processors. It carries an 84W TDP and features four cores and four concurrent threads. The 4670K operates at 3.40GHz with a Turbo Boost frequency of 3.80GHz and sports a 6MB L3 cache. Last but not least, the 4670K uses the HD Graphics 4600 engine.

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Last revision on June 15, 2017

Reviewers Liked

Scalable
Forward looking architecture
Significant IGP upgrade
Class-leading power consumption

Reviewers Didn't Like

Not huge improvement over IB for enthusiasts
No TSX or vT on Kseries chips

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When we first got wind of the Core i5-4670K we wondered, as we are sure you did, as to whether Intel have produced a successor for the vastly popular and powerful Core i5-2500K.Unquestionably they have.The Core i5-4670K is a pocket rocket. Stock...

By Overclock3D on October 01, 2013

I would like to thank Intel, Asrock, and EK for providing the review samples. vs. Intel, the world's leading semiconductor company, released a new series of CPUs called Haswell two months ago. The Haswell series succeeds Ivy Bridge, whose most popular...

By techPowerUp! on August 13, 2013

All of which leaves us with Haswell's final innovation - improved battery life - but this is a desktop chip, so that doesn't apply. Better power consumption is always a good thing, but the savings are tiny for grid-connected appliances.There you have...

By TechRadar on June 19, 2013

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A worthy successor to the Core i5-3570K that is set to be just as popular...

By Expert Reviews on June 13, 2013

The situation with the Core i5-4670K is much the same as it is with the Core i7-4700K. Overall it's noticeably faster than its predecessor, the Core i5-3570K in most of our tests, particularly so at image editing. However, the difference isn't as...

By Bit-tech.net on June 12, 2013

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By uk.hardware.info on July 14, 2015

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By Ocaholic on July 01, 2014

When scrolling through the comments regarding our CPU gaming performance articles, quite a few of you guys were asking if for once, we could compare not only two but three generations. Today we're giving this a shot but it turned out that especially the...

By Ocaholic on November 15, 2013

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By Ocaholic on October 25, 2013

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By Ocaholic on October 14, 2013

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Intel Core i5 4670K 3.4GHz Socket 1150

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