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In short — Pentium G3420 outperforms the more expensive FX-9590 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Pentium G3420 is 82 days newer than the more expensive FX-9590.
Advantages of AMD FX-9590
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3420 - 8 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3420
- Performs up to 2% better in Starfield than FX-9590 - 46 vs 45 FPS
- Up to 76% cheaper than FX-9590 - $71.68 vs $298.02
- Consumes up to 76% less energy than AMD FX-9590 - 53 vs 220 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD FX-9590 doesn't have integrated graphics
Starfield
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD FD9590FHHKWOF FX-9590 8-core 4.7 GHz Socket AM3+ 220W Black Edition Desktop Processor
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Intel Pentium Processor G3420 3.2 GHz LGA 1150 BX80646G3420
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TOP 5 Games
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
FX-9590
Desktop • Jun 11th, 2013
Pentium G3420
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-9590 | vs | Intel Pentium G3420 |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 11th, 2013 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2013 |
| FX | Collection | Pentium |
| Vishera | Codename | Haswell |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 2 |
8 | Threads | 2 |
4.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 5.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 220 W | TDP | 53 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 23.5x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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