Intel Core i5-4590 vs Intel Core i7-960

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 i7-960

Price

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$ 100.73

$ 49.27 significantly less expensive

$ 150.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2241 points

12% slightly better overall score

1995 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4060 points

26% slightly better gaming score

3216 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1725 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

1629 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1656 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

1563 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

44.58 points

38% slightly higher Blender score

32.27 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3116 points

83% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1700 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1106 points

119% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

503 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3165 points

89% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1672 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1144 points

132% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

492 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% slightly higher clock speed

3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

3.46 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W

54% significantly lower TDP

130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

33% slightly more supported memory

24 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

674th of 1,089

719th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2009 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 i7-960 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-4590 is faster than the Core i7-960. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-960 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-960 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4590 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-960. Also, the Core i5-4590 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4590 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-960 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-4590 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.