Intel Core i9-12900KF vs Intel Core i5-4590

Core i9-12900KF vs Core i5-4590 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900KF performs better than the Core i5-4590. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4590 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900KF has significantly more cores than the Core i5-4590. Indeed, the Core i9-12900KF has 16 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-4590. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4590. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4590 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900KF. Despite this, the Core i9-12900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-4590 outputs less heat than Core i9-12900KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-12900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.