I7 2600 i5 4590: Core i5-4590 vs Core i7-2600 [4-Benchmark Showdown]

Intel Core i7-2600 vs Intel Core i5-4590

Summary

• Intel Core i7-2600

  100%

• Intel Core i5-4590

  101%

Relative performance

• Intel Core i7-2600

  100%

• Intel Core i5-4590

  112%

Relative performance

• Intel Core i7-2600

  110%

• Intel Core i5-4590

  100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-2600

10% higher multi threaded performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-4590

12% higher single threaded performance.

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

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Gaming

No clear winner declared

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Productivity

No clear winner declared

Features

Intel Core i7-2600			Intel Core i5-4590
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4. 2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
VT-x
VT-d
Hyper-Threading AES-NI
AVX2
AES-NI
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

	Intel Core i7-2600		Intel Core i5-4590
Architecture	Intel_SandyBridge	vs	Intel_Haswell
Market	Desktop	vs	Desktop
Memory Support	DDR3	vs	DDR3
Codename	Sandy Bridge	vs	Haswell
Release Date	Jan 2011	vs	May 2014

Cores

	Intel Core i7-2600		Intel Core i5-4590
Cores	4	vs	4
Threads	8	vs	4
SMPs	1	vs	1
Integrated Graphics	Intel HD 2000	vs	Intel HD 4600

Cache

	Intel Core i7-2600		Intel Core i5-4590
L1 Cache	64 KB (per core)	vs	64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache	256 KB (per core)	vs	256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache	8192 KB (shared)	vs	6144 KB (shared)

Physical

	Intel Core i7-2600		Intel Core i5-4590
Socket	Intel Socket 1155	vs	Intel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp	unknown	vs	72°C
Package	FC-LGA10	vs	FC-LGA12C
Die Size	216mm²	vs	177mm²
Process	32 nm	vs	22 nm

Performance

	Intel Core i7-2600		Intel Core i5-4590
Cpu Frequency	3400 MHz	vs	3200 MHz
Turbo Clock	3800 MHz	vs	3600 MHz
Base Clock	100 MHz	vs	100 MHz
Voltage	unknown	vs	unknown
TDP	95 W	vs	84 W

• Intel Core i7-2600

  3800 points

• Intel Core i5-4590

  4032 points

Points — higher is better

• Intel Core i7-2600

  16320 points

• Intel Core i5-4590

  14336 points

Points — higher is better

• Intel Core i7-2600

  10998

• Intel Core i5-4590

  10153

points — higher is better

• Intel Core i7-2600

  3104

• Intel Core i5-4590

  3464

points — higher is better

• Intel Core i7-2600

  11841

• Intel Core i5-4590

  11041

points — higher is better

• Intel Core i7-2600

  2865

• Intel Core i5-4590

  3219

points — higher is better

points — higher is better

points — higher is better

i5-4590 vs i7-2600 — Call of Duty Modern Warfare with GTX 1060 6GB Benchmarks 1080p, 1440p, Ultrawide, 4K Comparison

GTX 1060 6GB with

Intel Core i5-4590 @ 3. 30GHz

Call of Duty Modern Warfare

GTX 1060 6GB with

Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz

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i5-4590
i7-2600

Multi-Thread Performance

7296 Pts

8196 Pts

Single-Thread Performance

2113 Pts

1921 Pts

Call of Duty Modern Warfare

i5-4590 vs i7-2600 in Call of Duty Modern Warfare using GTX 1060 6GB — CPU Performance comparison at Ultra, High, Medium, and Low Quality Settings with 1080p, 1440p, Ultrawide, 4K resolutions

i5-4590
i7-2600

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Ultra Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	70. 9 FPS
1080p	68.4 FPS
1440p	51.1 FPS
1440p	49.2 FPS
2160p	30.4 FPS
2160p	29.4 FPS
w1440p	43.6 FPS
w1440p	42.1 FPS

High Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	117.8 FPS
1080p	114. 3 FPS
1440p	89.1 FPS
1440p	86.2 FPS
2160p	56.9 FPS
2160p	55.3 FPS
w1440p	77.7 FPS
w1440p	75.4 FPS

Medium Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	164.7 FPS
1080p	160.1 FPS
1440p	127. 1 FPS
1440p	123.3 FPS
2160p	83.5 FPS
2160p	81.2 FPS
w1440p	111.9 FPS
w1440p	108.8 FPS

Low Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	258.5 FPS
1080p	251.9 FPS
1440p	203.1 FPS
1440p	197.