AMD Ryzen 3 3300 vs AMD FX-9590

AMD Ryzen 3 3300
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Mar 2019
AMD Ryzen 3 3300
AMD FX-9590
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
4700 MHz / Cores: 8 / Jul 2013
AMD FX-9590

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300
    144%
  • AMD FX-9590
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300
    158%
  • AMD FX-9590
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300
    130%
  • AMD FX-9590
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 3300

Much higher single threaded performance (around 58% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 30% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
170 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 44% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD FX-9590

None

AMD Ryzen 3 3300

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 3300

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 3 3300

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 3300

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 3 3300AMD FX-9590
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
SSE4a
CLMUL
CVT16
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 3 3300AMD FX-9590
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZen 2vsVishera
Release DateMar 2019vsJul 2013

Cores

AMD Ryzen 3 3300AMD FX-9590
Cores4vs8
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 3 3300AMD FX-9590
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs384 KB
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs8192 KB
L3 Cache16MB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 3 3300AMD FX-9590
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackagevsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs315mm²
Process7 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 3 3300AMD FX-9590
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs4700 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs5000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.912 V
TDP50 Wvs220 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300
    4480 points
  • AMD FX-9590
    3050 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300
    17489 points
  • AMD FX-9590
    18807 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300 (simulated)
    187.56
  • AMD FX-9590 (simulated)
    118.6

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300 (simulated)
    933.78
  • AMD FX-9590
    717

points - higher is better