Intel Core i5-3570K vs Intel Core i5-4590

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-4590

Price

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$ 139.00

$ 100.73

$ 38.27 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2217 points

2241 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4077 points

0.42% slightly better gaming score

4060 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1694 points

1725 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1627 points

1656 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2970 points

4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

2840 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

35.69 points

44.58 points

24% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2162 points

3116 points

44% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

704 points

1106 points

57% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2062 points

3165 points

53% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

688 points

1144 points

66% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

77 W

9% slightly lower TDP

84 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

679th of 1,089

674th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-3570K vs Core i5-4590 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4590 beats the Core i5-3570K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-3570K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-3570K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4590. Also, the Core i5-3570K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-3570K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4590 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-3570K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.