Intel Core i5 14600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core i5 14600K, vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600G. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core i5 14600K and AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
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)
Intel Core i5 14600K
2072
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
1456
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 14600K
25270
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
10860
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 14600K
113
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
83
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 14600K
1347
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
578
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 14600K
4268
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
3187
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 14600K
38666
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
19805
Integer Math125.5 GOps/s67.7 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math92.8 GOps/s38 GOps/s
Prime Number Search161 M primes/s58 M primes/s
Random String Sort51.7 M strings/s25.5 M strings/s
Data Encryption27.6 GB/s15.3 GB/s
Data Compression483.7 MB/s250.2 MB/s
Physics2460 frames/s907 frames/s
Extended Instructions287 M matrices/s174 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 14600K
2804
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
1938
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 14600K
15949
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
8288
File Compression1500 MB/s773.3 MB/s
Clang Compilation140.5 KLines/s64.7 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser429.5 pages/s141.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering507.8 MP/sec231 MP/sec
Text Processing288.4 pages/s210.7 pages/s
Background Blur74 frames/s42.1 frames/s
Photo Processing154.2 frames/s55.6 frames/s
Ray Tracing31.5 MP/sec16.2 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core i5 14600K
304.64
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
150.02

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 127.6 PPW 127.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 309.3 PPW 304.7 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 10.8 PPW 8.9 PPW
Blender / W 2.44 PPW 2.31 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced October, 16, 2023 April, 13, 2021
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number i5-14600K n/a
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Radeon RX Vega 7

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Frequency 3.5 GHz 3.9 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.3 GHz 4.4 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores8n/a
Threads8n/a
Frequency2.6 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)4 GHzn/a
General
Cores count146
Threads count2012
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier35x39x
L1 cache80 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache2000 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache24 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Transistor count n/a 10.7 billion
Process tech. 10 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 125 W 45-65 W
Max TDP (Boost) 181 W 88 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM4
Critical temp. 100 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
DDR4-3200
Max Size 192 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth 89.6 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 24

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core i5 14600K the clear winner in this comparison.

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