AMD FX-9590 vs Intel Core i7-4790K

AMD FX-9590
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
4700 MHz / Cores: 8 / Jul 2013
AMD FX-9590
Intel Core i7-4790K
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2014
Intel Core i7-4790K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-9590
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    139%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-9590
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    161%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-9590
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    124%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-9590

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4790K

Much higher single threaded performance (around 61% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 24% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
132 watts lower power draw.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-9590.
Around 39% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-4790K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-4790K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-4790K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-4790K

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


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-9590Intel Core i7-4790K
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
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD FX-9590Intel Core i7-4790K
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameVisheravsHaswell
Release DateJul 2013vsMay 2014

Cores

AMD FX-9590Intel Core i7-4790K
Cores8vs4
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4600

Cache

AMD FX-9590Intel Core i7-4790K
L1 Cache384 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache8192 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-9590Intel Core i7-4790K
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvs
Die Size315mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD FX-9590Intel Core i7-4790K
Cpu Frequency4700 MHzvs4000 MHz
Turbo Clock5000 MHzvs4400 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.912 Vvsunknown
TDP220 Wvs88 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-9590
    3050 points
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    4928 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-9590
    18807 points
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    21504 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-9590
    12929
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    15488

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-9590
    2686
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    4442

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-9590
    13605
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    17114

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-9590
    2500
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    4016

points - higher is better

Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

  • AMD FX-9590
    1702
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    1807

points per second - higher is better

7-zip

  • AMD FX-9590
    26893
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    25285

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

  • AMD FX-9590
    84.21
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    145.67

points - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • AMD FX-9590
    455.77
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    831.12

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-9590
    717
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    846

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-9590 (simulated)
    118.6
  • Intel Core i7-4790K
    174

points - higher is better