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Core i5-8500 vs i5-4590


Description
The i5-8500 is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the i5-4590 is based on Haswell.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-8500 gets a score of 307.5 k points while the i5-4590 gets 140 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-8500 is 2.2 times faster than the i5-4590 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ea
306c3
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Haswell
Architecture
Base frecuency
3 GHz
3.3 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.1 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1150
Cores/Threads
6/6
4/4
TDP
65 W
84 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
6x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
9216 kB
6144 kB
Date
March 2018
June 2014
Mean monothread perf.
69.09k points
40.93k points
Mean multithread perf.
307.52k 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
i5-8500
i5-4590
Test#1 (Integers)
27.36k
20.88k (x0.76)
Test#2 (FP)
24.27k
11.12k (x0.46)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.69k
4.75k (x0.83)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.77k
4.19k (x0.36)
TOTAL
69.09k
40.93k (x0.59)

Multithread

i5-8500

i5-4590
Test#1 (Integers)
144.77k
75.76k (x0.52)
Test#2 (FP)
129.04k
40.42k (x0.31)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
29.53k
16.97k (x0.57)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.18k
6.84k (x1.63)
TOTAL
307.52k
139.99k (x0.46)

Performance/W
i5-8500
i5-4590
Test#1 (Integers)
2227 points/W
902 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1985 points/W
481 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
454 points/W
202 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
64 points/W
81 points/W
TOTAL
4731 points/W
1667 points/W

Performance/GHz
i5-8500
i5-4590
Test#1 (Integers)
6673 points/GHz
5643 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5920 points/GHz
3006 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1388 points/GHz
1283 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2870 points/GHz
1132 points/GHz
TOTAL
16850 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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