Intel Core i5-8400T vs AMD FX-9590

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 6 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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$ 113.37

$ 168.65 significantly less expensive

$ 282.02

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2711 points

2901 points

7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4534 points

7% slightly better gaming score

4225 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2166 points

2475 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2082 points

2378 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.18 points

22% slightly higher Blender score

49.04 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3923 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3167 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1074 points

66% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

645 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3918 points

82% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2147 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1115 points

108% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

535 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.7 GHz

4.7 GHz

176% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz

5 GHz

51% significantly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

528% significantly lower TDP

220 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

Identical

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB

8 MiB

433% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

9 MiB

12% slightly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

587th of 1,089

552nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-8400T vs FX-9590 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-9590 is faster than the Core i5-8400T. Despite this, the Core i5-8400T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-8400T has significantly more cores than the FX-9590. Indeed, the Core i5-8400T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the FX-9590. Despite this, the FX-9590 has more threads than the Core i5-8400T. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-9590 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8400T. Also, the FX-9590 has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8400T 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. The info from our database shows that the FX-9590 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8400T. Despite this, the Core i5-8400T has slightly more L3 cache compared to the FX-9590.

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 i5-8400T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.