AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Intel Core i5 14400F

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X, vs Intel Core i5 14400F. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and Intel Core i5 14400F
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
2154
Intel Core i5 14400F
1816
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
17447
Intel Core i5 14400F
16252
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
134
Intel Core i5 14400F
103
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
970
Intel Core i5 14400F
867
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
4579
Intel Core i5 14400F
3719
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
30020
Intel Core i5 14400F
25743
Integer Math90 GOps/s81.8 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math60.1 GOps/s61.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Search231 M primes/s89 M primes/s
Random String Sort36.1 M strings/s32.6 M strings/s
Data Encryption16.6 GB/s17 GB/s
Data Compression340.4 MB/s316.5 MB/s
Physics2000 frames/s1602 frames/s
Extended Instructions279 M matrices/s20 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
3334
Intel Core i5 14400F
2402
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
15031
Intel Core i5 14400F
12600
File Compression1550 MB/s1180 MB/s
Clang Compilation102.2 KLines/s82.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser299.1 pages/s322.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering375.3 MP/sec378.8 MP/sec
Text Processing353.7 pages/s241.4 pages/s
Background Blur77.1 frames/s54.2 frames/s
Photo Processing123.4 frames/s125.5 frames/s
Ray Tracing21.6 MP/sec19.6 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
218.13
Intel Core i5 14400F
196.47

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 231.2 PPW 193.8 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 461.8 PPW 396 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 14.9 PPW 13.3 PPW
Blender / W 3.36 PPW 3.02 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced June, 3, 2024 January, 9, 2024
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number n/a i5-14400F
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Frequency 3.9 GHz 2.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.4 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a4
Threadsn/a4
Frequencyn/a1.8 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.5 GHz
General
Cores count610
Threads count1216
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier39x25x
L1 cache80 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core2000 KB/core
L3 Cache32 MB total20 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count 8.3 billion n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Max TDP (Boost) 142 W 148 W
Socket AM5 LGA-1700
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5600 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max Size 192 GB 192 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 76.8 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 5 9600X the clear winner in this comparison.

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