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Intel Core i7-4960X vs AMD FX-9590

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-4960X

Rank 2 - 79 %

AMD FX-9590

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-4960X

Rank 2 - 76 %

AMD FX-9590

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

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

806

8C / 8T · 5.00 GHz

634

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

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

5,189

8C / 8T · 5.00 GHz

3,020

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

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

2,868

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

1,967

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

151 cb

8C / 8T · 5.00 GHz

114 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

1,092 cb

8C / 8T · 5.00 GHz

713 cb

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 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

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

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	AMD FX-9590
Family	Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)	AMD FX (30)
CPU group	Intel Core i 4000X (3)	AMD FX-9000 (2)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge E	Vishera (Piledriver)
Technology	22 nm	32 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 2011	AM3+
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i7-5960X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	AMD FX-9590
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 12	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	6x	8x
Frequency:	3.60 GHz	4.70 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.00 GHz	5.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.00 GHz	5.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	15.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	AMD FX-9590
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	AMD FX-9590
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	AMD FX-9590
Memory	DDR3-1866 (59.7 GB/s)	DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 40
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	AMD FX-9590
TDP	130 W	220 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	AMD FX-9590
Chip design	Monolithic	Unknown
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, AVX	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
Release date	Q3/2013	Q3/2013
Release price	960 $	270 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-4960X is 4.5 stars (11 ratings), while AMD FX-9590 has received 4.0 stars (20 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-4960X
6C / 12T · 3.60 - 4.00 GHz

★★★★★

AMD FX-9590
8C / 8T · 4.70 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★