Intel Core i5-4590T vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900

Last updated: 2024-03-13

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-4590T		AMD Ryzen 9 3900
CPU comparison Intel Core i5-4590T or AMD Ryzen 9 3900 - 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 Intel Core i5-4590T has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-4590T was released in Q2/2014. The AMD Ryzen 9 3900 has 12 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 3900 was released in Q3/2019.

Intel Core i5 (331)	Family	AMD Ryzen 9 (35)
Intel Core i 4000 (64)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 3000 (15)
4	Generation	3
Haswell S	Architecture	Matisse (Zen 2)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i5-4590T is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz (3.00 GHz). The AMD Ryzen 9 3900 has 12 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.10 GHz (4.30 GHz).
Intel Core i5-4590T	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 3900
4	Cores	12
4	Threads	24
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
2.00 GHz	Frequency	3.10 GHz
3.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.30 GHz
2.50 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Core i5-4590T	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 3900
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics 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.
Intel HD Graphics 4600	GPU	no iGPU
0.35 GHz	GPU frequency	--
1.10 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
7.5	GPU Generation	--
22 nm	Technology
3	Max. displays
20	Compute units	--
160	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
11.1	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.
Intel HD Graphics 4600	GPU	no iGPU
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i5-4590T supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 3900 can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Core i5-4590T	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 3900
DDR3-1600	Memory	DDR4-3200
32 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
6.00 MB	L3 Cache	64.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	4.0
16	PCIe lanes	20
15.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i5-4590T has a TDP of 35 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 9 3900 is 65 W.
Intel Core i5-4590T	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 3900
35 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	95 °C
Technical details The Intel Core i5-4590T has a 6.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 9 3900 cache has a total of 64.00 MB.
Intel Core i5-4590T	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 3900
22 nm	Technology	7 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 1150	Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2014	Release date	Q3/2019
--	Release price	485 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i5-4590T (53%)

AMD Ryzen 9 3900 (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i5-4590T (18%)

AMD Ryzen 9 3900 (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.


	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	657 (51%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz	1281 (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.


	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	2466 (15%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz	16555 (100%)

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.


	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	709 (57%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz	1234 (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.


	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	2231 (20%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz	11432 (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.


	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	917 (54%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz	1688 (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.


	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	2776 (27%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz	10260 (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.


	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	243 (50%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz	487 (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.


	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	935 (15%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz	6443 (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.


	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	4031 (13%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz	30688 (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.


	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz	75 (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.


	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz	947 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Core i5-4590T Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.10 GHz	352 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz	234 (100%)

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.


	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz	525 (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.


	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz	7875 (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.


	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	117 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	361 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)

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