UserBenchmark: Intel Core i5-4590 vs Core2 Quad Q6600

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Best Bench: 50% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 29% Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)

Poor: 29% Great: 50%

SPEED RANK: 1017^th / 1442

Gaming 42%

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Desktop 43%

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Workstation 29%

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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: 526^th / 1442

Gaming 63%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 47%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		41.6 %			63.5 %	Much faster effective speed. +52%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	65.3 Pts	76.9 Pts	Lower memory latency. +18%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	29.9 Pts	90.6 Pts	Hugely faster single-core speed. +203%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	59.9 Pts	178 Pts	Hugely faster dual-core speed. +197%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	106 Pts	287 Pts	Hugely faster quad-core speed. +171%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	109 Pts	307 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +182%


Memory OC Memory Latency	76.4 Pts	91.7 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +20%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	38.9 Pts	100 Pts	Hugely faster OC single-core speed. +157%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	77.4 Pts	196 Pts	Hugely faster OC dual-core speed. +153%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	147 Pts	350 Pts	Hugely faster OC quad-core speed. +138%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	147 Pts	361 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +146%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.02 %		0.39 %	Insanely higher market share. +1,850%
Value Value For Money	55.1 %		70.7 %	Better value. +28%
User Rating UBM User Rating	56 %		61 %	Slightly more popular. +9%
Price Price (score)	$100	Much cheaper. +47%	$188


Age Newest	207 Months	117 Months	Much more recent. +43%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watts	84 Watts	More energy efficient. +20%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores	4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads	4 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	65 nm	22 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +66%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	2.4 GHz	3.3 GHz	Much faster base frequency. +37%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	2.4 GHz	3.7 GHz	Much faster turbo frequency. +54%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	148 Pts	361 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +144%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	111 Pts	309 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +178%


Series CPU Architecture	Core	Haswell
Socket Motherboard Socket	LGA775	FCLGA1150
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	HD 4600
Launch Date Launch Date	Q1'07	Q2'14
Cache Cache	8 MB L2	6 MB SmartCache
Lithography Lithography	65 nm	22 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	N/A	$192.00 - $202.00
Bus Speed Bus Speed	1066 MHz FSB	5 GT/s DMI2
Turbo Boost Tech Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡	No	2.0
AES New Instructions Intel® AES New Instructions	No	Yes
Trusted Execution Tech Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡	No	Yes
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The Core2 Quad Q6600 is over 7 years old which is a lot of processor lifetimes! This particular model has been included in the group test simply as a reference because of its exceptional popularity back when it was at the forefront of technological advance. The Q6600's four physical cores demonstrate exceptional overclocking capacity and often achieve in excess of 40% performance increases. Modern Quad core processors offer nearly three times more performance on both single and multi-core workloads. There have also been lots of non-processing related improvements in the platform over the last 7 years which include SATA 600 MB/s, USB 3.0 PCIe and more. ^{[Mar '14 CPUPro]}

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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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