AMD FX 9590 

Released June, 2013
  • 4.7 GHz
  • Octa core
  • Unlocked
8.5 Out of 10

The Steamroller architecture which is a viable option for APUs has been built around a 28nm node from GlobalFoundaries which sacrifices clock speed to deliver more performance per clock.
by hassan-mujtaba (Jun, 2014)
The FX-9590 beats almost everything pre-Haswell, showing the strength of a 5.0 GHz turbo mode.
by Ian-Cutress (Aug, 2014)

CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of the AMD FX 9590

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores

FX 9590
8.6
Cinebench R11.5, Cinebench R10 32-bit, Passmark, GeekBench (32-bit) and 1 more

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance

FX 9590
8.5
Cinebench R11.5 (1-core), Cinebench R10 32-bit (1-core) and 1 more

Overclocking

How much speed can you get out of the processor?

FX 9590
8.3
Passmark (Overclocked), Unlocked, Maximum Overclocked Clock Speed (Air) and 1 more

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?

FX 9590
7.0
Performance Per Dollar

8.5

CPUBoss Score

Performance, Single-core Performance, Overclocking and Value

FX 9590
8.5

Benchmarks Real world tests of the AMD FX 9590

GeekBench (32-bit)

FX 9590
12,783
Core i7 4960X
21,390
4790K
15,653

3D Mark 11 (Physics)

FX 9590
8,529
Core i7 4960X
13,200

Cinebench R11.5

FX 9590
7.87
FX 8350
6.94

Cinebench R11.5 (Single Core)

FX 9590
1.28

Passmark

FX 9590
10,589
Core i7 4960X
14,001
Core i5 4690
7,662

Passmark (Single Core)

FX 9590
1,724
4790K
2,534
Core i7 4790
2,306

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

Clock speed 4.7 GHz
Turbo clock speed 5 GHz
Cores Octa core
Socket type AM3+
Is unlocked Yes
Is hyperthreaded No

features

Has vitualization support Yes
Instruction-set-extensions
  1. MMX
  2. SSE4.2
  3. Supplemental SSE3
  4. FMA4
  5. SSE4.1
  6. XOP
  7. AVX
  8. SSE
  9. SSE4
  10. F16C
  11. FMA3
  12. AES
  13. SSE4a
  14. SSE3
  15. ABM
  16. SSE2
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes

gpu

GPU None
Label None
Latest DirectX None
Number of displays supported None
GPU clock speed None
Turbo clock speed None
3DMark06 None

memory controller

Memory controller Built-in
Memory type DDR3-1866

details

Architecture x86-64
Threads 8 threads
L2 cache 8 MB
L2 cache per core 1 MB/core
L3 cache 8 MB
L3 cache per core 1 MB/core
Manufacture process 32 nms
Max CPUs 1

overclocking

Overclocked clock speed 5.15 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 5.2 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked) 4,229.4
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 5.15 GHz

power consumption

TDP 220W
Annual home energy cost 53 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 192.72 $/year
Performance per watt 4.99 pt/W
Typical power consumption 178.75W
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Comments

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I nearly upgraded my FX-8350 to this but swapped out my Thermaltake Water 2.0 Pro for a Water 3.0 Extreme in my Thermaltake Level 10 GTS case instead. Pushing 4.8Ghz@1.48v stable OC on a Sabertooth 990FX 2.0 w/DDR3-1866 and hitting stock FX-9590 numbers. Go figure.
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From the average consumer standpoint this processor makes no sense, that being said the only people that are going to even use the thing would be gamers or maybe a graphic design person. Either way its going to be someone who already has an over the top rig and probably has liquid cooling. liquid cooling isn't expensive and if you spend the money on the processor you might as well drop the extra $80-$120 for the liquid cooling. This only costs $700through Newegg so its only $130 more expensive. Its also 32% faster on base clock speed and 24% faster on turbo clock speed and has more cores (8 vs. 6). Comparing the 3930K to this is asinine. You could compare it to the i7 4960X but even then its 20% faster on the turbo clock and still has more cores. The difference this time is that the 9590 is $350 cheaper.
The 4770k beats it in pretty much everything too.. I like amd, but this is just unfucking acceptable.. Their entire market is going to intel.. Including me. :c
the core i7 3930K is 200 bucks cheaper than the FX 9590 n performs like a monster n doesn't need a after market liquid cooler.
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