UserBenchmark: AMD FX-9590 vs Intel Core i7-6700K

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Best Bench: 90% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 70% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 70% Great: 90%

SPEED RANK: 224^th / 1442

Gaming 81%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 67%

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Best Bench: 71% Base clock 4.7 GHz
Worst Bench: 52% Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)

Poor: 52% Great: 71%

SPEED RANK: 532^nd / 1442

Gaming 63%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 50%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		80.8 %	Faster effective speed. +28%		63.1 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	88.6 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +9%	81.4 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	119 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +69%	70.6 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	224 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +68%	133 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	395 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +63%	243 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	597 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +53%	390 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	95.9 Pts	+4%	92.1 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	137 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +66%	82.3 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	258 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +61%	160 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	459 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +56%	294 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	696 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +44%	482 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	1.11 %	Insanely higher market share. +5,450%	0.02 %
Value Value For Money	91.1 %	Much better value. +47%	61.9 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	78 %	Much more popular. +39%	56 %
Price Price (score)	$180	Much cheaper. +40%	$298


Age Newest	104 Months	More recent. +19%	129 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	91 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +59%	220 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		8 cores	Hugely higher core count. +100%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	8 threads		8 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +56%	32 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	4 GHz		4.7 GHz	Faster base frequency. +17%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.2 GHz		5 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +19%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	716 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +49%	479 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	612 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +55%	396 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Skylake	Piledriver
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1151	AM3+
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 530	None

The Core i7-6700K is Intel's latest "Skylake" flagship processor. It replaces the hugely successful i7-4790K and takes the crown as the fastest mainstream consumer CPU available. Comparing performance and specs between the 4790K and 6700K shows that the configuration is largely unchanged (same base clocks, cores, threads) but the improved manufacturing process (14nm) brings a small reduction in TDP and a performance improvement of 8%; almost exactly the same jump as between the Ivy Bridge 3770K and Haswell 4770K. Owners of any unlocked-K Intel CPU from Sandy Bridge or onwards still have no real reason to upgrade as the performance improvements are largely academic but the i7-6700K will be the CPU of choice for the vast majority of top end PC builds in 2015. ^{[Aug '15 CPUPro]}

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AMD released the FX-9590 back in July 2013 but it's not until recently that these processors have started hitting the shelves and even now prices are still extremely high. This is the first mainstream 5GHz processor but clock speed isn't the key performance indicator it once was. Comparing the 9590 to the 8350 shows that the 9590 has 16% better overall performance which is almost exactly in line with its base clock increase from 4.0 to 4.7 GHz. Despite this performance boost the 9590 still lags Intel's most recent 4770K Haswell processor by 26% and that's despite the AMD's 27% higher base clock. In terms of relative performance the AMD's strong point is Integer processing where it has 8 processing units vs just four (one per core) in the 4770K. Overall, especially at current prices, the 9590 doesn't represent good value for money. ^{[Jan '14 CPUPro]}

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