Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 vs AMD FX-9590. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Xeon E5 v2 AMD FX-9000
• Family
  Intel Xeon E5 FX-Series
• Generation
  4 2
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 -
• Form Factor
  - Desktops
• Series
  - FX 8-Core Black Edition Processors

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

• Base Frequency
  3.7 GHz 4.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.9 GHz 5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.9 GHz -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 5 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.

• GPU name
  no iGPU None
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD FX-9590 and Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  4 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1866 DDR3
• PCIe lanes
  40 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -
• System Memory Specification
  - 1866

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 and AMD FX-9590 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 57 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  130 W 220 W
• Default TDP
  - 220 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 and AMD FX-9590, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge EP Vishera (Piledriver)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L2-Cache
  - 8 MB
• L3-Cache
  10 MB 8 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2013 Q3/2013
• Socket
  LGA 2011 AM3+
• Technology
  22 nm 32nm SOI
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V
• Codename
  - Vishera
• L1-Cache
  - 0.375 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  - FD9590FHHKWOF
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - FD9590FHW8KHK
• Official source
  - https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html
• Verification scope
  - Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved.
• Verified on
  - 2026-10-01