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Intel Haswell 4th Generation CPU: i5-4670K and i7-4770K Review

CPU by leeghoofd @ 2013-06-01

Intel keeps on pushing their technology to the max. Even while being the performance leader in most hardware segments, their engineers are driven to (re)design new architectures to satisfy the end-user's desire for more speed. However the focus with this CPU generation is not purely based on raw speed; this 4th generation main objective is to reduce the power consumption to the max, to gain grounds in the portable market. Rumor that Intel was pulling out of the desktop market has partially become reality. Not leaving the desktop market for what it is, as they will continue to develop the chipsets and processors. With Haswell we see the last releases of Intel's own motherboard branch. The market share of notebooks, ultrabooks, tablets and mini enclosures are steadily taking over the market share of the desktop. Enhanced battery life, a result of a reduced power consumption, an enhanced onboard graphic chip and the reduction of required motherboard components are the major trademarks of Intel's 4th generation processors. Time to put both K skews to the test.

Stock Results Part II

Both Cinebenches remain very popular amongst the tweakers and benchers, being a quick and best of all free software tools, to analyse your processor's performance. Haswell starts to show it's teeth, with even the 4 core i5-4570K CPU giving the the Sandy-Bridge i7 variants a serious run for their money. Even the Ivy-Bridge i7-3770K looses in single core performance and barely stays ahead when the 4/8 cores are being loaded. The i7-4770K closes the gap between Intel's mainstream Haswell architecture and the expensive high end Sandy-BridgeE models.

In the more recent version 11 of Maxon's Cinebench we spot a smaller performance gain for Intel's latest 4th generation K skew CPUs. Nevertheless it's good to see things evolving, unlike AMD which tends to get less and less efficient clock per clock.

Rendering an AVI file with the X264HD codec goes again quicker with the latest Intel breed. On average a 2-3FPS boost over the Ivy-Bridge versions is quite decent. Especially as the latter were already a huge leap forward compared to the Sandy-Bridge processors.

POVRay 3.62 is not multi-threaded optimised and relies on raw crunching power to get the integrated benchmark rendered as fast possible. Both Haswell CPUs miles ahead of the competition. The same can be said of the SpecViewPerf 11 results. Haswell is a well optimized rendering monster !

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