AMD A4-6300 vs Intel Core i5-4590

AMD A4-6300
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2013
AMD A4-6300
Intel Core i5-4590
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2014
Intel Core i5-4590

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A4-6300
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    268%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A4-6300
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    173%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A4-6300
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    364%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A4-6300

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-4590

Much higher single threaded performance (around 73% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 264% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 168% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-4590

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-4590

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-4590

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-4590

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A4-6300Intel Core i5-4590
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

AMD A4-6300Intel Core i5-4590
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameRichlandvsHaswell
Release DateJun 2013vsMay 2014

Cores

AMD A4-6300Intel Core i5-4590
Cores2vs4
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 8370DvsIntel HD 4600

Cache

AMD A4-6300Intel Core i5-4590
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A4-6300Intel Core i5-4590
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp70°Cvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size246mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD A4-6300Intel Core i5-4590
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs84 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A4-6300
    2379 points
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    4032 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A4-6300
    3701 points
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    14336 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A4-6300
    2875
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    10153

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A4-6300
    1860
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    3219

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A4-6300 (simulated)
    83.71
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    146

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A4-6300 (simulated)
    141.36
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    530

points - higher is better