AMD FX-9590 vs Intel Core i5-9600KF

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD FX-9590		Intel Core i5-9600KF
CPU comparison AMD FX-9590 or Intel Core i5-9600KF - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD FX-9590 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD FX-9590 was released in Q3/2013. The Intel Core i5-9600KF has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-9600KF was released in Q1/2019.

AMD FX (30)	Family	Intel Core i5 (331)
AMD FX-9000 (2)	CPU group	Intel Core i 9000 (34)
2	Generation	9
Vishera (Piledriver)	Architecture	Coffee Lake S Refresh
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	Intel Core i5-10600KF

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD FX-9590 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 4.70 GHz (5.00 GHz). The Intel Core i5-9600KF has 6 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.70 GHz (4.60 GHz).
AMD FX-9590	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-9600KF
8	Cores	6
8	Threads	6
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	No
Yes	Overclocking ?	Yes
4.70 GHz	Frequency	3.70 GHz
5.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.60 GHz
5.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	4.30 GHz


NPU AI performance The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.
AMD FX-9590	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-9600KF
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--
--	NPU + CPU + iGPU	--

Integrated graphics (iGPU) The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
no iGPU	GPU	no iGPU
	GPU frequency	--
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
--	GPU Generation	--
	Technology
	Max. displays
--	Compute units	--
--	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	--
--	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU	GPU	no iGPU
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
No	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	No
No	Codec VC-1	No
No	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD FX-9590 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-9600KF can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD FX-9590	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-9600KF
DDR3-1866	Memory	DDR4-2666
	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
29.9 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	42.7 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
8.00 MB	L3 Cache	9.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	16
--	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD FX-9590 has a TDP of 220 W, that of the Intel Core i5-9600KF is 95 W.
AMD FX-9590	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-9600KF
220 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	95 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD FX-9590 has a 8.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i5-9600KF cache has a total of 9.00 MB.

AMD FX-9590	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-9600KF
32 nm	Technology	14 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
AM3+	Socket	LGA 1151-2
AMD-V	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2013	Release date	Q1/2019
270 $	Release price	260 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD FX-9590 (54%)

Intel Core i5-9600KF (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

AMD FX-9590 (76%)

Intel Core i5-9600KF (90%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD FX-9590 8C 8T @ 5.00 GHz	634 (51%)
	Intel Core i5-9600KF 6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz	1244 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD FX-9590 8C 8T @ 5.00 GHz	3020 (54%)
	Intel Core i5-9600KF 6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz	5643 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD FX-9590 8C 8T @ 5.00 GHz	10465 (97%)
	Intel Core i5-9600KF 6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz	10791 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD FX-9590 8C 8T @ 5.00 GHz	625.9 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-9600KF 6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz	315.5 (50%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD FX-9590 8C 8T @ 5.00 GHz	291 (54%)
	Intel Core i5-9600KF 6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz	539 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD FX-9590 8C 8T @ 4.70 GHz	1967 (67%)
	Intel Core i5-9600KF 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	2921 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD FX-9590 8C 8T @ 5.00 GHz	114 (56%)
	Intel Core i5-9600KF 6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz	204 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD FX-9590 8C 8T @ 5.00 GHz	713 (61%)
	Intel Core i5-9600KF 6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz	1165 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD FX-9590 8C 8T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-9600KF 6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz	73 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD FX-9590 8C 8T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-9600KF 6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz	355 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD FX-9590 8C 8T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-9600KF 6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz	1276 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD FX-9590 8C 8T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-9600KF 6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz	7301 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD FX-9590 8C 8T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-9600KF 6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz	1561 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD FX-9590 8C 8T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-9600KF 6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz	6244 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD FX-9590 8C 8T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-9600KF 6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz	475 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD FX-9590 8C 8T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-9600KF 6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz	2643 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	AMD FX-9590 8C 8T @ 5.00 GHz	41 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-9600KF 6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz	0 (0%)

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