AMD Ryzen 9 9900X vs Intel Core i5 14600K

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X, vs Intel Core i5 14600K. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X and Intel Core i5 14600K
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 9 9900X
2232
Intel Core i5 14600K
2072
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
33042
Intel Core i5 14600K
25270
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
134
Intel Core i5 14600K
113
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
1740
Intel Core i5 14600K
1347
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
4682
Intel Core i5 14600K
4268
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
54814
Intel Core i5 14600K
38666
Integer Math181.6 GOps/s125.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math120.4 GOps/s92.8 GOps/s
Prime Number Search433 M primes/s161 M primes/s
Random String Sort72.5 M strings/s51.7 M strings/s
Data Encryption33.5 GB/s27.6 GB/s
Data Compression686.1 MB/s483.7 MB/s
Physics3397 frames/s2460 frames/s
Extended Instructions554 M matrices/s287 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
3340
Intel Core i5 14600K
2804
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
19543
Intel Core i5 14600K
15949
File Compression1510 MB/s1500 MB/s
Clang Compilation191.4 KLines/s140.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser361.8 pages/s429.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering534 MP/sec507.8 MP/sec
Text Processing350.5 pages/s288.4 pages/s
Background Blur82.7 frames/s74 frames/s
Photo Processing118.4 frames/s154.2 frames/s
Ray Tracing45.5 MP/sec31.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
454.53
Intel Core i5 14600K
304.64

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 162.9 PPW 127.6 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 456.8 PPW 309.3 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 14.5 PPW 10.8 PPW
Blender / W 3.79 PPW 2.44 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced June, 3, 2024 October, 16, 2023
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number n/a i5-14600K
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics UHD Graphics 770

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 12 6
Threads 24 12
Frequency 4.4 GHz 3.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.6 GHz 5.3 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a8
Threadsn/a8
Frequencyn/a2.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a4 GHz
General
Cores count1214
Threads count2420
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier44x35x
L1 cache80 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core2000 KB/core
L3 Cache64 MB total24 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 120 W 125 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 181 W
Socket AM5 LGA-1700
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5600 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max Size 192 GB 192 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 89.6 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 9 9900X the clear winner in this comparison.

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