Intel Core i5-4590 vs Intel Core i3-6100

Intel Core i5-4590
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2014
Intel Core i5-4590
Intel Core i3-6100
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2015
Intel Core i3-6100

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-4590
    106%
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-4590
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    123%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-4590
    130%
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-4590

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 30% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-6100

Much higher single threaded performance (around 23% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Core i5-4590

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-4590

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-4590Intel Core i3-6100
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
SSE4.1
Hyper-Threading

Architecture

Intel Core i5-4590Intel Core i3-6100
ArchitectureIntel_HaswellvsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3, DDR4
CodenameHaswellvsSkylake
Release DateMay 2014vsSep 2015

Cores

Intel Core i5-4590Intel Core i3-6100
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 4600vsIntel HD 530

Cache

Intel Core i5-4590Intel Core i3-6100
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs4096 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-4590Intel Core i3-6100
SocketIntel Socket 1150vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs65°C
PackageFC-LGA12Cvs
Die Size177mm²vs150mm²
Process22 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-4590Intel Core i3-6100
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3700 MHz
Turbo Clock3600 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP84 Wvs51 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-4590
    4032 points
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    4255 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-4590
    14336 points
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    10297 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-4590
    10153
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    8336

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-4590
    3464
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    4975

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-4590
    11041
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    10509

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-4590
    3219
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    3934

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-4590
    146
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    154

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-4590
    530
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    321

points - higher is better