Intel · LGA1150 · Upgrade guide
Upgrading from a Core i5-4690K?
What you can drop into the same LGA1150 motherboard, and the graphics cards the Core i5-4690K can drive before it becomes the bottleneck.
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Gaming tier 35/100
TDP / base power 88 W
Released 2014
⬆️ Best drop-in upgrades (LGA1150)
The fastest gaming chip for your socket is the Core i7-4790K (~14% more CPU gaming potential). No new motherboard or RAM needed — a BIOS update might be.
🎮 Graphics cards it can drive
The strongest GPU the Core i5-4690K can keep up with before it bottlenecks, by resolution:
1080p up to ~GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB
1440p up to ~Radeon RX 9070 GRE
4K up to ~GeForce RTX 4090
Higher resolutions lean on the GPU, so the same CPU pairs with stronger cards at 4K than at 1080p.