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Intel Core i7-9700 vs AMD FX-9590

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-9700
Rank 2 - 54 %
AMD FX-9590
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-9700
Rank 2 - 59 %
AMD FX-9590
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i7-9700
8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz
1,218
AMD FX-9590
8C / 8T · 5.00 GHz
634
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-9700
8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz
6,714
AMD FX-9590
8C / 8T · 5.00 GHz
3,020
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-9700
8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz
228.8 s
AMD FX-9590
AMD FX-9590 100 %
8C / 8T · 5.00 GHz
625.9 s
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core

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

Intel Core i7-9700
8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz
524
AMD FX-9590
8C / 8T · 5.00 GHz
291
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-9700
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
3,725
AMD FX-9590
8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz
1,967
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-9700
8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz
209 cb
AMD FX-9590
8C / 8T · 5.00 GHz
114 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-9700
8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz
1,491 cb
AMD FX-9590
8C / 8T · 5.00 GHz
713 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Intel Core i7-9700AMD FX-9590
FamilyIntel Core i7 (300)AMD FX (30)
CPU groupIntel Core i 9000 (34)AMD FX-9000 (2)
ArchitectureCoffee Lake S RefreshVishera (Piledriver)
Technology14 nm32 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1151-2AM3+
PredecessorIntel Core i7-8700
SuccessorIntel Core i7-10700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i7-9700AMD FX-9590
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 8x 8x
Frequency: 3.00 GHz 4.70 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.70 GHz 5.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.80 GHz 5.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache12.00 MB8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i7-9700AMD FX-9590
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 630no iGPU
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 192 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ4/2017

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i7-9700AMD FX-9590
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i7-9700AMD FX-9590
MemoryDDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i7-9700AMD FX-9590
TDP65 W220 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-9700AMD FX-9590
Chip designMonolithicUnknown
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
Release dateQ2/2019Q3/2013
Release price335 $270 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-9700
Intel Core i7-9700
8C / 8T · 3.00 - 4.70 GHz
AMD FX-9590
AMD FX-9590
8C / 8T · 4.70 - 5.00 GHz

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