Core i5-4590: specs and benchmarks

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Core i5-4590
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 84 Watt
3.38

Core i5-4590 provides poor benchmark performance at 3.38% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Core i5-4590 sales 1 May 2014 at a recommended price of $202. This is a Haswell architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 22 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3700 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1150 processor with a TDP of 84 Watt and a maximum temperature of 72 °C. It supports DDR3 memory.

Primary details

Core i5-4590 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking1567
Place by popularity51
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.71
Market segmentDesktop processor
SeriesCore i5 (Desktop)
Power efficiency3.81of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)
Release date1 May 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$202of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads4
Base clock speed3.3 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.7 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus rate5 GT/s
L1 cache64K (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache256K (per core)
L3 cache6 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography22 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size177 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cof 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors1,400 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-4590 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCLGA1150
Power consumption (TDP)84 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i5-4590. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI+
AVX+
vPro+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
My WiFi+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+
SIPP+
FDI+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+
Secure Key+
Identity Protection+
OS Guard+
Anti-Theft+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V+
VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i5-4590's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3
Maximum memory size32 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core i5-4590.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 4600
Max video memory2 GB
Quick Sync Video+
Clear Video HD+
Graphics max frequency1.15 GHz
InTru 3D+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-4590's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported3
eDP+
DisplayPort+
HDMI+
VGA+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-4590's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA1920x1200@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-4590's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2/12
OpenGL4.3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe versionUp to 3.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes16of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i5-4590. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-4590 3.38

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i5-4590 5370

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i5-4590 1140

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i5-4590 3150

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i5-4590 5479

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i5-4590 18998

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i5-4590 6

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

i5-4590 530

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

i5-4590 146

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

i5-4590 1.63

3DMark Fire Strike Physics

i5-4590 6220

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Core i5-4590's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


FX-8320 101.48
Core i5-6400 100.89
Core i5-4590 100
FX-8300 99.41

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core i5-4590 is FX-8300, which is slower by 1% and lower by 10 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Core i5-4590:

FX-8350 110.65
FX-8320 101.48
Core i5-4590 100
FX-8300 99.41
FX-8370E 98.82
FX-8150 97.93

Similar processors

Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

Recommended GPUs

People consider these graphics cards to be good for Core i5-4590, according to our PC configuration statistics.

These are the fastest graphics cards for Core i5-4590 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 27944 configurations using Core i5-4590 in our database.

RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 4090
0.8% (211/27944)
RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 4080
0.02% (6/27944)
RTX 4080 SUPER GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
0.004% (1/27944)
RTX 4070 Ti GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
0.04% (11/27944)
RX 7900 XTX Radeon RX 7900 XTX
0.03% (9/27944)
RTX 4070 SUPER GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
0.02% (6/27944)
RTX 3090 Ti GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
0.07% (20/27944)
RX 7900 XT Radeon RX 7900 XT
0.01% (3/27944)
PRO W7800 Radeon PRO W7800
0.004% (1/27944)

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