Intel Core i5-4590 vs AMD A10-7700K. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 4000 AMD A10-7000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 AMD A
• Generation
  4 4
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.3 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.7 GHz 3.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.5 GHz 3.8 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11.1 12
• Execution units
  20 6
• Generation
  7.5 6
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 720 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4600 AMD Radeon R7 - 384 (Kaveri)
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q1/2015
• Shader
  160 384
• Technology
  22 nm 28 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A10-7700K and Intel Core i5-4590. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3-1866
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-4590 and AMD A10-7700K Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  84 W 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-4590 and AMD A10-7700K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Haswell S Kaveri (Steamroller)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 4 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2014 Q1/2014
• Socket
  LGA 1150 FM2+
• Technology
  22 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V