AMD FX-6300 vs Intel Core i5-4590T

FX-6300 vs Core i5-4590T specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-6300 is faster than the Core i5-4590T. Despite this, the Core i5-4590T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-4590T has slightly more cores than the FX-6300. Indeed, the Core i5-4590T has 4 cores compared to 3 cores found in the FX-6300. Despite this, the FX-6300 has more threads than the Core i5-4590T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-6300 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4590T. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the FX-6300 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-4590T. The FX-6300 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 FX-6300 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.