Intel Core i7-8700T vs AMD FX-9590

Core i7-8700T vs FX-9590 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-9590 is faster than the Core i7-8700T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-8700T has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the FX-9590 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the FX-9590. Our comparison shows that the FX-9590 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700T. Also, the FX-9590 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700T 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 i7-8700T. Despite this, the Core i7-8700T has significantly 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. Indeed, the Core i7-8700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.