Intel Core i5-4590 vs Intel Core i7-2700K

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

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Intel Core i7-2700K

Price

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$ 100.73

$ 89.15 significantly less expensive

$ 189.88

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2241 points

2597 points

15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4060 points

5% slightly better gaming score

3839 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1725 points

2213 points

28% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1656 points

2133 points

28% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

44.58 points

0.55% slightly higher Blender score

44.33 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3116 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2222 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1106 points

76% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

627 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3165 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2293 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1144 points

70% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

672 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.5 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

3.9 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W

13% slightly lower TDP

95 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

674th of 1,089

608th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2011 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-4590 vs Core i7-2700K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-2700K performs better than the Core i5-4590. Despite this, the Core i5-4590 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-2700K has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-2700K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4590. Also, the Core i7-2700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4590 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2700K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. 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 i5-4590 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.