Intel Core i5-6600T vs AMD FX-9590

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD FX-9590

Price

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$ 421.00

$ 282.02

$ 138.98 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2037 points

2901 points

42% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3823 points

4225 points

10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1547 points

2475 points

59% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1485 points

2378 points

60% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

46.95 points

49.04 points

4% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3085 points

3167 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1154 points

78% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

645 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3083 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2147 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1165 points

117% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

535 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

2.7 GHz

4.7 GHz

74% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

5 GHz

42% much higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

528% significantly lower TDP

220 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

710th of 1,089

552nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6600T vs FX-9590 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-9590 performs better than the Core i5-6600T. Despite this, the Core i5-6600T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the FX-9590 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-9590 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6600T. A Core i5-6600T CPU outputs less heat than a FX-9590 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 i5-6600T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.