Intel Core i9-10900K vs AMD FX-9590

Core i9-10900K vs FX-9590 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10900K is faster than the FX-9590. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-9590 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10900K has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the FX-9590 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the FX-9590. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-9590 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900K. A Core i9-10900K 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 i9-10900K. Despite this, the Core i9-10900K 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 i9-10900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.