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4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.3GHz, Haswell.
Release date: Q3 2014.

8 Cores, 8 Threads @3.2GHz, Piledriver.
Release date: Q3 2014.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 184,565 user samples
151,366 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 73% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 45% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 45% Great: 73%
SPEED RANK: 550th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 63%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht
33,199 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 65% Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 47% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Poor: 47% Great: 65%
SPEED RANK: 641st / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
63.5 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+10%
57.8 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
76.9 Pts 80.6 Pts +5%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
90.6 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+54%
58.8 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
178 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+65%
108 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
287 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+50%
191 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
307 Pts +3% 298 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
91.7 Pts +0% 91.4 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
100 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+42%
70.4 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
196 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+46%
134 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
350 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+47%
238 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
361 Pts 370 Pts +2%
Market Share
Based on 68,998,512 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.44 % Insanely higher market share.
+2,100%
0.02 %
Value
Value For Money
70.7 % 86 % Better value.
+22%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
62 % More popular.
+15%
54 %
Price
Price (score)
$188 $65 Much cheaper.
+65%
Age
Newest
124 Months 122 Months +2%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
84 Watts More energy efficient.
+12%
95 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
4 cores 8 cores Hugely higher core count.
+100%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
4 threads 8 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+100%
Lithography
Manufacturing process
22 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+31%
32 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.3 GHz +3% 3.2 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
3.7 GHz 4 GHz Slightly faster turbo frequency.
+8%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
361 Pts 378 Pts +5%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
309 Pts +1% 305 Pts
Series
CPU Architecture
Haswell Piledriver
Socket
Motherboard Socket
FCLGA1150 AM3+
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
HD 4600 None

The Intel Core i5-4590 is a slightly upgraded version of the i5-4570. The two processors are identical apart from a 100 MHz increase in base and turbo frequencies. Needless to say the two processors have almost identical effective speeds which is a little disappointing as Intel has simply re-released a near identical product. From a value for money perspective the 4590 does fare reasonably well although it probably has more multi-core horsepower than most use cases demand. For the majority of users, at stock clocks, the G3258 provides comparable performance but with a few simple BIOS adjustments the G3258 can be clocked up to 4.3 GHz where, even at half the price, it destroys the i5-4570 in single and dual core workloads. [Sep '14 CPUPro]

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The FX-8320E is a Vishera eight core processor based on AMD’s Piledriver architecture. The ‘E’ in the FX-8320E denotes energy efficiency with the FX-8320E boasting a TDP of 95 Watts which is relatively low for FX processors. The FX-8320E was launched in September 2014 at the same time as the FX-8370E. Comparing the 8370E and 8320E shows that the performance profiles are similar with the 25% more expensive 8370E edging ahead, particularly on single core workloads. The 8370E is clocked slightly higher with base/turbo frequencies of 3.3/4.3 GHz versus the 8320E’s 3.2/4.0 GHz. Overall the 8320E scores a mediocre effective speed of 70. Whilst this is sufficient for the majority of desktop applications: web-surfing, word-processing and playing movies, better single-core performance is offered by any number of Intel processors. [Dec '14 CPUPro]

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