Intel Core i5-6400T vs Intel Core i5-4590T

Compare Intel 6th 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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Intel Core i5-4590T

Price

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$ 189.95

$ 129.95

$ 60.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1487 points

1695 points

13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2581 points

3142 points

21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1170 points

1291 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1126 points

1239 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

33.08 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

32.64 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2387 points

2552 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

896 points

0.56% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

891 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2547 points

2552 points

0.20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

937 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

917 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

2.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.8 GHz

3 GHz

7% slightly higher turbo speed

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

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

812th of 1,089

776th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6400T vs Core i5-4590T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4590T beats the Core i5-6400T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6400T in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-6400T has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4590T. Despite this, 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 i5-6400T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.