AMD A6-3650 vs AMD FX-9590

AMD A6-3650
AMD Socket FM1DESKTOP
2600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2011
AMD A6-3650
AMD FX-9590
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
4700 MHz / Cores: 8 / Jul 2013
AMD FX-9590

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A6-3650
    100%
  • AMD FX-9590
    230%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A6-3650
    100%
  • AMD FX-9590
    182%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A6-3650
    100%
  • AMD FX-9590
    277%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A6-3650

120 watts lower power draw.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-9590.

Reasons to consider AMD FX-9590

Much higher single threaded performance (around 82% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 177% 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 130% higher average synthetic performance.

AMD FX-9590

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD FX-9590

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD FX-9590

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD FX-9590

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A6-3650AMD FX-9590
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1

Architecture

AMD A6-3650AMD FX-9590
ArchitectureAMD LLanovsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameLlanovsVishera
Release DateJun 2011vsJul 2013

Cores

AMD A6-3650AMD FX-9590
Cores4vs8
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 6530DvsNo

Cache

AMD A6-3650AMD FX-9590
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs384 KB
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs8192 KB
L3 Cache0 KBvs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A6-3650AMD FX-9590
SocketAMD Socket FM1vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size228mm²vs315mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD A6-3650AMD FX-9590
Cpu Frequency2600 MHzvs4700 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs5000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltage1.4125 Vvs1.912 V
TDP100 Wvs220 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-3650
    2600 points
  • AMD FX-9590
    3050 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-3650
    10400 points
  • AMD FX-9590
    18807 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A6-3650
    4651
  • AMD FX-9590
    12929

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A6-3650
    1372
  • AMD FX-9590
    2500

points - higher is better