Intel Core i9-8950HK vs AMD FX-9590

Core i9-8950HK vs FX-9590 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-8950HK beats the FX-9590 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-9590 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more cores than the FX-9590. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the FX-9590. It also has more threads than the FX-9590. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-9590 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-8950HK. Also, the FX-9590 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-8950HK 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. In terms of cache, the FX-9590 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more L3 cache compared to the FX-9590.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.