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Intel Haswell Refresh Reviewed: Core i7-4790, i5-4690, i5-4590 and i5-4460 Tested

CPU by leeghoofd @ 2014-05-23

For once Intel didn't drop a bomb on the desktop market with the refresh of the Haswell socket 1150 processor generation. The high end processor aka Devils Canyon, which should create some commotion will only be released beginning of June, till then we have to sit it out and wait. Intel however already released their Z97 chipset, which is a requirement to get the most out of the upcoming Devils Canyon processor. The Haswell and refresh line-up are fully Z87 and of course also Z97 compatible; time to explore what is new and what is not with Intel's latest Haswell refresh line-up...

2D Results

We re-tested all the Haswell processors on the Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force motherboard, this to avoid any discrepancies when testing between different chipsets. Starting off with SuperPi 32M we see the new refreshes score a bit better thanks to the slightly higher clocks. However you can already spot, there are no spectacular to be expected from this Refreshed lineup.

Cinebench and all the other tests we conducted tell the same tale, the older generation being outperformed by a small margin. Nevertheless this new product is retailing at the same or even a lower price, a win-win situation if you ask me. The overclockers will have to wait a few more weeks before Devils Canyon will be released: to be honest I can't wait for this processor release. Sandy-Bridge speeds of 5ghz on air could be again perfectly possible.

Conclusion of the above tests: a small speed bump though nothing shocking. Secondly this speed increase will hardly be noticeable during daily usage.

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