Intel Core i5-4460 vs Intel Core i5-4590

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 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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$ 64.04

$ 36.69 significantly less expensive

$ 100.73

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2038 points

2241 points

9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3756 points

4060 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1556 points

1725 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1494 points

1656 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2725 points

2840 points

4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

41.05 points

44.58 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2935 points

3116 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1032 points

1106 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2954 points

3165 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1068 points

1144 points

7% slightly 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

3.20 GHz

3.3 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.7 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W

Identical

84 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

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

709th of 1,089

674th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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 i5-4460 vs Core i5-4590 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4590 beats the Core i5-4460 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4460 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4590 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4460. Also, the Core i5-4590 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-4460 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.