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
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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| Integer Math | 181.6 GOps/s | 125.5 GOps/s |
| Floating-Point Math | 120.4 GOps/s | 92.8 GOps/s |
| Prime Number Search | 433 M primes/s | 161 M primes/s |
| Random String Sort | 72.5 M strings/s | 51.7 M strings/s |
| Data Encryption | 33.5 GB/s | 27.6 GB/s |
| Data Compression | 686.1 MB/s | 483.7 MB/s |
| Physics | 3397 frames/s | 2460 frames/s |
| Extended Instructions | 554 M matrices/s | 287 M matrices/s |
| File Compression | 1510 MB/s | 1500 MB/s |
| Clang Compilation | 191.4 KLines/s | 140.5 KLines/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 361.8 pages/s | 429.5 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 534 MP/sec | 507.8 MP/sec |
| Text Processing | 350.5 pages/s | 288.4 pages/s |
| Background Blur | 82.7 frames/s | 74 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 118.4 frames/s | 154.2 frames/s |
| Ray Tracing | 45.5 MP/sec | 31.5 MP/sec |
Blender
Performance/Watt
| 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
| Cores | 12 | 6 |
| Threads | 24 | 12 |
| Frequency | 4.4 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | 5.6 GHz | 5.3 GHz |
| Cores | n/a | 8 |
| Threads | n/a | 8 |
| Frequency | n/a | 2.6 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | n/a | 4 GHz |
| Cores count | 12 | 14 |
| Threads count | 24 | 20 |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 44x | 35x |
| L1 cache | 80 KB/core | 80 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 1000 KB/core | 2000 KB/core |
| L3 Cache | 64 MB total | 24 MB total |
| Unlocked multiplier | Yes | Yes |
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.
Survey
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