AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core

Benchmarks for the AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3+

Clockspeed: 4.7 GHz

Turbo Speed: 5.0 GHz

Cores: 8 (in 4 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 220 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 16 KB
L1 Data Cache: 8 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 8 x 2048 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB

Other names: AMD FX(tm)-9590 Eight-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2013

CPUmark/$Price: 23.22

Overall Rank:
1743rd fastest in multithreading out of 5157 CPUs
1935th fastest in single threading out of 5157 CPUs
515th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $292.58 USD (2025-06-20)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

6794

Single Thread Rating

1811

Samples: 3345*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 10,188
Thread: 1,743

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core

Integer Math	47,611 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	11,546 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	33 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	15,077 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	2,114 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	121,466 KBytes/Sec
Physics	536 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,906 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,811 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 22nd of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 17th of June 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of June 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$292.58 USD	Buy Now!
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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 22nd of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,650
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,296
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,014
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,143
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,861
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,487
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,164
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,704
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,654
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core		6,794

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 22nd of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		227.00
Intel Core i5-12400F		196.84
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		162.56
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		152.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		146.63
Intel Core i9-12900K		142.65
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.23
AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core		23.22
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 22nd of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,138
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,900
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,477
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core		1,811

Last 5 Baselines for AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2706486 - Jun 19 2025		7120
BL2701950 - Jun 17 2025		6412
BL2696395 - Jun 14 2025		6816
BL2696320 - Jun 14 2025		6783
BL2676703 - Jun 06 2025		6594

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core
As of 22nd of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core		6,794
Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz vs AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core		7,136 (+5.0%)
Intel Core i7-4771 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core		7,146 (+5.2%)
AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core		6,154 (-9.4%)
Intel Core i7-3820 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core		5,782 (-14.9%)
Intel Core i5-10300H @ 2.50GHz vs AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core		8,270 (+21.7%)
Intel Core i7-4820K @ 3.70GHz vs AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core		6,505 (-4.2%)
AMD FX-9370 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core		6,336 (-6.7%)
Intel Core i7-4790T @ 2.70GHz vs AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core		6,280 (-7.6%)
Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz vs AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core		5,484 (-19.3%)
Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core		7,052 (+3.8%)
Intel Core i7-4770S @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core		6,754 (-0.6%)
AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core		6,086 (-10.4%)

Is the AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core Good for Gaming?
As of 22nd of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,451
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,150
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,298
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,842
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,587
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,483
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,276
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,809
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,804
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,640
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,528
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,517
AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core		810

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