Comparison of AMD FX-9590 and Intel Core i7-4960X

Attribute	Intel Core i7-4960X ×	AMD FX-9590 ×
General Information
Brand	Intel	AMD
Series	Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition	AMD FX
Model	Intel Core i7-4960X	AMD FX-9590
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
CPU Cores	6	8
Frequency (GHz)	3.6	4.7
CPU Threads	12	8
Core architecture	normal	normal
Hyperthreading	+	-
Overclocking	+	+
Turbo (1 Core) (GHz)	4	5
Turbo (6 Cores) (GHz)	4	-
Turbo (8 Cores) (GHz)	-	5
Encryption
AES-NI	+	+
Hardware codec support
JPEG	No	No
h264	No	No
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No	No
VP8	No	No
AV1	No	No
VC-1	No	No
VP9	No	No
AVC	No	No
Memory And PCIe
Memory type	DDR3-1866	DDR3-1866
PCIe lanes	40	-
PCIe version	3.0	-
ECC	-	+
Memory channels	4	2
Technical details
Release date (year)	2013	2013
Technology (Nm)	22	32
Socket	LGA 2011	AM3+
Virtualization	vt-d vt-x vt-x ept	amd-v
L3-Cache (MB)	15	8
Architecture	Ivy Bridge E	Centurion
Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
Thermal Management
TDP (PL1) (W)	130	220
Benchmarks
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark	14,313	10,465
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)	846	634
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)	5,189	3,020
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)	151	114
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)	1,092	713
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)	1.82	1.37
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)	11.71	8.52
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)	3,460	2,587
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)	20,120	13,110
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)	-	625.9