Intel Core i5-4590: specs and benchmarks

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Intel Core i5-4590
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Year of release 2014
Performance 4.25

Summary

Intel started Core i5-4590 sales 1 April 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.

It provides poor benchmark performance at

4.25%

of a leader's which is AMD EPYC 9654.

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking1276
Place by popularity51
Value for money1.44
Market segmentDesktop processor
SeriesCore i5 (Desktop)
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)
Release date1 April 2014 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$202of 305 (Core i7-870)
Current price$81 (0.4x MSRP)of 15854 (Xeon Platinum 8276L)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

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 (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed3.7 GHzof 6 (Core i9-13900KS)
L1 cache64K (per core)of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache256K (per core)of 36864 (Apple M2 Max)
L3 cache6 MB (shared)of 768 (EPYC 7773X)
Chip lithography22 nmof 4 (Ryzen 9 7940HS)
Die size177 mm2
Maximum core temperature73 °Cof 110 (Atom x7-E3950)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cof 105 (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors1,400 millionof 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
Unlocked multiplier-

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 (Xeon Platinum 8160M)
SocketFCLGA1150
Power consumption (TDP)84 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

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)+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
My WiFi+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-
TSX-
TSX+
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 typesDDR3of 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS)
Maximum memory size32 GBof 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sof 460.8 (EPYC 9654)
ECC memory support-

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 (EPYC 9654)
PCI Express lanes16of 128 (EPYC 7401)

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 4.25

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i5-4590 5358

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.

Benchmark coverage: 37%

i5-4590 1097

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.

Benchmark coverage: 37%

i5-4590 3100

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.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

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.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

i5-4590 1.6

3DMark Fire Strike Physics

Benchmark coverage: 4%

i5-4590 6220

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of Core i5-4590. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 6.1 Mh/s  

Gaming performance

Relative perfomance

Overall Core i5-4590 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.


AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core i5-4590 is FX-8370E, which is slower by 1% and lower by 5 positions in our ranking.

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

AMD FX-8350 110.82
AMD FX-8320 101.41
Intel Core i5-4590 100
AMD FX-8370E 99.29
AMD FX-8300 98.82
AMD FX-8150 97.88

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

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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 12922 configurations based on Core i5-4590 in our database.

RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 4090
0.4% (52/12922)
RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 4080
0.02% (3/12922)
RTX 3090 Ti GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
0.1% (17/12922)
RX 7900 XT Radeon RX 7900 XT
0.02% (2/12922)
RX 6950 XT Radeon RX 6950 XT
0.02% (3/12922)
RTX 3080 Ti GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
0.1% (17/12922)
RX 6900 XT Radeon RX 6900 XT
0.02% (3/12922)
RTX 3090 GeForce RTX 3090
0.08% (10/12922)
RTX 3080 GeForce RTX 3080
0.03% (4/12922)
RX 6800 XT Radeon RX 6800 XT
0.008% (1/12922)

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