AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i5-4590

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Intel Core i5-4590
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2014
Intel Core i5-4590

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
    127%
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
    104%
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
    150%
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 50% 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 27% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-4590

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 5 1500X.

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Core i5-4590
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Core i5-4590
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZenvsHaswell
Release DateJun 2017vsMay 2014

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Core i5-4590
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4600

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Core i5-4590
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Core i5-4590
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size192mm²vs177mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Core i5-4590
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock3500 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs84 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
    3850 points
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    4032 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
    17177 points
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    14336 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
    152
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    146

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
    799
  • Intel Core i5-4590
    530

points - higher is better