Intel
IntelBX80646I54590
$188
  

4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.5 GHz, Ivy Bridge EP.
Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

 $188 

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

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 151,690 user samples
324 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 80% Base clock 3.5 GHz
Worst Bench: 64% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Poor: 64% Great: 80%
SPEED RANK: 343rd / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
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: 526th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 63%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
72.9 % Faster effective speed.
+15%
63.5 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
86 Pts Lower memory latency.
+12%
76.9 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
92.3 Pts +2% 90.6 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
185 Pts +4% 178 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
327 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+14%
287 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
467 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+52%
307 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
92.5 Pts +1% 91.7 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
103 Pts +3% 100 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
203 Pts +4% 196 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
390 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+11%
350 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
506 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+40%
361 Pts
Market Share
Based on 67,717,333 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0 % 0.36 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
50 % 61 % More popular.
+22%
Age
Newest
115+ Months +2% 117 Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
507 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+40%
361 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
475 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+54%
309 Pts
Launch Date
Launch Date
Q3'13 Q2'14
Cache
Cache
15 MB SmartCache 6 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions
Instruction Set Extensions
AVX SSE4.1/4.2, AVX 2.0
Recommended Price
Recommended Customer Price
$996.00 $192.00 - $202.00
Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Speed
Bus Speed
8 GT/s QPI 5 GT/s DMI2
Scalability
Scalability
2S Only 1S Only
Max Memory Size
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)
768 GB 32 GB
Memory Types
Memory Types
DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866 DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Memory Channels
Max # of Memory Channels
4 2
Memory Bandwidth
Max Memory Bandwidth
59.7 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Supported
ECC Memory Supported ‡
Yes No
Package Size
Package Size
52.5mm x 45mm 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Max CPU Configuration
Max CPU Configuration
2 1
Hyper-Threading Tech
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡
Yes No
Identity Protection Tech
Intel® Identity Protection Technology ‡
No Yes
PCI Express Revision
PCI Express Revision
3.0 Up to 3.0
PCI Express Configurations
PCI Express Configurations ‡
x4, x8, x16 Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Max # of PCI Express Lanes
Max # of PCI Express Lanes
40 16

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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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