AMD FX-9590 vs Intel Core i5-4670

AMD FX-9590
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
4700 MHz / Cores: 8 / Jul 2013
AMD FX-9590
Intel Core i5-4670
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
Intel Core i5-4670

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-9590
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-4670
    106%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-9590
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-4670
    132%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-9590
    123%
  • Intel Core i5-4670
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-9590

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 23% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-4670

Much higher single threaded performance (around 32% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
136 watts lower power draw.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-9590.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD FX-9590

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD FX-9590

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


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-9590Intel Core i5-4670
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD FX-9590Intel Core i5-4670
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameVisheravsHaswell
Release DateJul 2013vsJun 2013

Cores

AMD FX-9590Intel Core i5-4670
Cores8vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4600

Cache

AMD FX-9590Intel Core i5-4670
L1 Cache384 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache8192 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-9590Intel Core i5-4670
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size315mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD FX-9590Intel Core i5-4670
Cpu Frequency4700 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock5000 MHzvs3800 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.912 Vvsunknown
TDP220 Wvs84 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-9590
    3050 points
  • Intel Core i5-4670
    4256 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-9590
    18807 points
  • Intel Core i5-4670
    15232 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-9590
    12929
  • Intel Core i5-4670
    10517

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-9590
    2686
  • Intel Core i5-4670
    3597

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-9590
    13605
  • Intel Core i5-4670
    11458

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-9590
    2500
  • Intel Core i5-4670
    3321

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-9590
    717
  • Intel Core i5-4670 (simulated)
    551.77

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-9590 (simulated)
    118.6
  • Intel Core i5-4670 (simulated)
    154.11

points - higher is better