Intel Core i5-14400 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT

Compare Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 192.00
$ 7.20 slightly less expensive
$ 199.20

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8658 points
5% slightly better overall score
8204 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11300 points
17% slightly better gaming score
9603 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7821 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
7740 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7610 points
0.22% slightly better heavy workload score
7593 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7382 points
7628 points
3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

202.91 points
214.43 points
5% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
25% slightly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.80 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
4.8 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

9.5 MiB
137% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
32 MiB
60% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

119th of 1,089
140th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i5 (14th gen)
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
2024 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Core i5-14400 vs Ryzen 7 5800XT comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14400 is faster than the Ryzen 7 5800XT. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800XT in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-14400 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 5800XT. Indeed, the Core i5-14400 has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 5800XT. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800XT has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14400. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-14400 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 5800XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800XT has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-14400.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-14400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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