Intel Core i5-4590T vs Intel Core i7-950

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 i7-950

Price

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$ 129.95

$ 31.00

$ 98.95 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1695 points

23% slightly better overall score

1367 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3142 points

46% significantly better gaming score

2145 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1291 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

1130 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1239 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

1084 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

32.64 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

30.71 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2552 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1595 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

891 points

93% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

460 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2552 points

70% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1494 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

917 points

100% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

457 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

2.00 GHz

3.06 GHz

52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3 GHz

3.33 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

271% 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

801st of 1,127

874th of 1,127

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2009 May

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 i5-4590T vs Core i7-950 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-4590T is faster than the Core i7-950. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-950 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-950 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-950 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4590T. Also, the Core i7-950 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4590T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-950 CPU because of its significantly 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 i5-4590T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.