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Core i3-9100 vs i5-4590


Description
The i3-9100 is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the i5-4590 is based on Haswell.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i3-9100 gets a score of 229.2 k points while the i5-4590 gets 140 k points.

Summarizing, the i3-9100 is 1.6 times faster than the i5-4590 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906eb
306c3
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Haswell
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.3 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.2 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1150
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/4
TDP
65 W
84 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
6144 kB
Date
April 2019
June 2014
Mean monothread perf.
66.74k points
40.93k points
Mean multithread perf.
229.2k points
139.99k points

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i3-9100
i5-4590
Test#1 (Integers)
28.03k
20.88k (x0.74)
Test#2 (FP)
24.5k
11.12k (x0.45)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.73k
4.75k (x0.83)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.48k
4.19k (x0.49)
TOTAL
66.74k
40.93k (x0.61)

Multithread

i3-9100

i5-4590
Test#1 (Integers)
107.5k
75.76k (x0.7)
Test#2 (FP)
95.11k
40.42k (x0.42)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
22.02k
16.97k (x0.77)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.57k
6.84k (x1.5)
TOTAL
229.2k
139.99k (x0.61)

Performance/W
i3-9100
i5-4590
Test#1 (Integers)
1654 points/W
902 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1463 points/W
481 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
339 points/W
202 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
70 points/W
81 points/W
TOTAL
3526 points/W
1667 points/W

Performance/GHz
i3-9100
i5-4590
Test#1 (Integers)
6675 points/GHz
5643 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5833 points/GHz
3006 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1365 points/GHz
1283 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2018 points/GHz
1132 points/GHz
TOTAL
15891 points/GHz
11063 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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