Intel Core i5-4590S vs AMD Phenom II X6 1100T

Core i5-4590S vs Phenom II X6 1100T specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Phenom II X6 1100T performs better than the Core i5-4590S. Despite this, the Core i5-4590S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Phenom II X6 1100T has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-4590S that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4590S. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1100T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4590S.

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 i5-4590S has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.