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Intel Core i5-4590 vs Intel Core i7-6700K

Last updated: 2026-07-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 79 %

Intel Core i5-4590

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-6700K

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 63 %

Intel Core i5-4590

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-6700K

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

811 pts

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

1,124 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

3,167 pts

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

5,640 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

1,137

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

1,347

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

3,276

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

4,665

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

319 cb

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

421 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

877

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

1,151

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

1,227 cb

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

2,059 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

2,819

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

4,459

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 4600

368

Intel HD Graphics 530

442

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

677.5 s

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

369.3 s

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

386

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

464

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,496

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

2,313

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

144 cb

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

180 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.50 GHz

505 cb

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

888 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-4590	Intel Core i7-6700K
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 4000 (64)	Intel Core i 6000 (24)
Architecture	Haswell S	Skylake S
Technology	22 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1150	LGA 1151
Predecessor		Intel Core i7-4770K
Successor		Intel Core i7-7700K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-4590	Intel Core i7-6700K
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	4x
Frequency:	3.30 GHz	4.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.70 GHz	4.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.50 GHz	4.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-4590	Intel Core i7-6700K
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 4600	Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.15 GHz	0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	20 / 160	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	32 GB
Technology	22 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q2/2013	Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-4590	Intel Core i7-6700K
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-4590	Intel Core i7-6700K
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-4590	Intel Core i7-6700K
TDP	84 W	91 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-4590	Intel Core i7-6700K
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q3/2014	Q3/2015
Release price	202 $	420 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Intel Core i5-4590
4C / 4T · 3.30 - 3.70 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-6700K
4C / 8T · 4.00 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★