Intel Core i5-7600K vs Intel Core i5-4590

Intel Core i5-7600K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i5-7600K
Intel Core i5-4590
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2014
Intel Core i5-4590

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    126%
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    123%
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    129%
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-7600K

Much higher single threaded performance (around 23% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 29% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 26% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-4590

None

Intel Core i5-7600K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-7600K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-7600K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-7600K

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-7600KIntel Core i5-4590
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
VT-d
TSX
TXT

Architecture

Intel Core i5-7600KIntel Core i5-4590
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameKaby LakevsHaswell
Release DateSep 2016vsMay 2014

Cores

Intel Core i5-7600KIntel Core i5-4590
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 630vsIntel HD 4600

Cache

Intel Core i5-7600KIntel Core i5-4590
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-7600KIntel Core i5-4590
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
PackagevsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs177mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-7600KIntel Core i5-4590
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs84 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    4800 points
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    4032 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    18240 points
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    14336 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    6814
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    5479

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    24179
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    18998

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    2.02
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    1.63

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    7.87
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    5.92

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    179.5
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    146

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    674
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    530

points - higher is better