Intel Core i5-4590T vs Intel Core i5-4460T

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1695 points
281% significantly better overall score
444 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3142 points
280% significantly better gaming score
826 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1291 points
276% significantly better multitasking score
343 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1239 points
269% significantly better heavy workload score
335 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2552 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1848 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

891 points
48% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
602 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2552 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2174 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

917 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
807 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.00 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
1.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
2.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
Identical
35 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

776th of 1,089
1,078th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-4590T vs Core i5-4460T comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-4590T is faster than the Core i5-4460T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4460T in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4590T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4460T. Also, the Core i5-4590T 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 i5-4590T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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