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

4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.6GHz, Comet Lake.
Release date: Q4 2020.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 191,178 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: 580th / 1423
Gaming
Gaming 63%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht
39,812 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 87% Base clock 3.6 GHz
Worst Bench: 69% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Poor: 69% Great: 87%
SPEED RANK: 282nd / 1423
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
63.5 % 80.4 % Faster effective speed.
+27%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
76.9 Pts 87.7 Pts Lower memory latency.
+14%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
90.6 Pts 119 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+31%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
178 Pts 227 Pts Faster dual-core speed.
+28%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
287 Pts 395 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+38%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
307 Pts 588 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+92%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
91.7 Pts 95.2 Pts +4%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
100 Pts 126 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+26%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
196 Pts 250 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+28%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
350 Pts 435 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+24%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
361 Pts 651 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+80%
Market Share
Based on 71,796,175 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.23 % Higher market share.
+15%
0.2 %
Value
Value For Money
70.7 % 110 % Much better value.
+56%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
62 % 89 % Much more popular.
+44%
Price
Price (score)
$254 $120 Much cheaper.
+53%
Age
Newest
136 Months 61 Months Much more recent.
+55%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
84 Watts 65 Watts More energy efficient.
+23%
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
4 cores 4 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
4 threads 8 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+100%
Lithography
Manufacturing process
22 nm 14 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+36%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.3 GHz 3.6 GHz Slightly faster base frequency.
+9%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
3.7 GHz 4.3 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+16%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
361 Pts 662 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+83%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
309 Pts 605 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+96%
Series
CPU Architecture
Haswell Comet Lake
Socket
Motherboard Socket
FCLGA1150 FCLGA1200
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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