AMD FX-9590
In gaming terms, an older chip that limits most recent games. It outscores 18% of the 133 processors in our index and keeps graphics cards up to the Intel UHD Graphics 630 fully used at 1440p.
- Index
- 24/100
- Rank
- #108
- Cores / threads
- 8/8
- Top speed
- 5 GHz
- Power
- 220 W
Graphics cards that match it
Recent cards the AMD FX-9590 keeps fully used at 1440p without much processor to spare, by our bottleneck model.
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 2 GB · 2014 · $95 at launch Check the pairing →
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 2 GB · 2014 · $75 at launch Check the pairing →
- AMD Radeon R7 240 2 GB · 2013 · $69 at launch Check the pairing →
- AMD Radeon HD 6570 1 GB · 2011 · $79 at launch Check the pairing →
- AMD Radeon HD 5770 1 GB · 2009 · $159 at launch Check the pairing →
- AMD Radeon HD 4870 1 GB · 2008 · $299 at launch Check the pairing →
Games it handles, by the processor requirement
Against the 191 released games whose publisher names a processor we can place.
- 118 recommended processor or better 62%
- 25 minimum only 13%
- 55 below minimum 29%
Upcoming releases on the AMD FX-9590
Unreleased games whose publishers have already named a processor.
Recommended spec 0
None
Minimum spec 2
Below minimum 14
- Gears of War: E-Day Oct 6, 2026
- Phantom Blade Zero Oct 28, 2026
- Sagas of Lumin Feb 4, 2027
- Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis Feb 12, 2027
- Fable Feb 23, 2027
- Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance 2027
- Outward 2 2027
- Sea of Remnants 2027
- Chrono Odyssey To be announced
- El Paso, Elsewhere 2 To be announced
- Guild Wars 3™ To be announced
- Holstin To be announced
- Lords of the Fallen II Coming soon
- SAW: Genesis To be announced
Where the processor decides the frame rate
Games that lean on the CPU more than the graphics card, and where this chip lands against each.
- Palworld Too slow
- Baldur's Gate 3 Minimum
- HELLDIVERS™ 2 Too slow
- Path of Exile 2 Too slow
- Monster Hunter Wilds Too slow
- World of Warcraft: The War Within Too slow
- PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS Minimum
- VALORANT Minimum
Spec card
- Maker
- AMD
- Released
- 2013
- Cores
- 8
- Threads
- 8
- Base speed
- 4.7 GHz
- Top speed
- 5 GHz
- Rated power
- 220 W
- Tier
- F
The processors either side of it
Nearest in our index. Pick one to compare them directly.
AMD FX-9590: quick answers
Which graphics card suits the AMD FX-9590?
At 1440p it keeps a card up to the Intel UHD Graphics 630 fully used, by our bottleneck model. 11 desktop cards are an even match for it. A faster card than the Intel UHD Graphics 630 will spend time waiting on the processor, more so at 1080p.
Will the AMD FX-9590 run 2027 games?
Of the 16 upcoming games that name a processor, it meets the recommended one for 0, only the minimum for 2, and falls short of 14.
How many cores does the AMD FX-9590 have?
8 cores and 8 threads, with a top clock speed of 5 GHz.