Intel Core i5-14400F vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

Compare Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8601 points
0.77% slightly better overall score
8535 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11043 points
36% slightly better gaming score
8107 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7824 points
8825 points
12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7622 points
9118 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

193.46 points
468.88 points
142% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
16
60% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
32
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
2.50 GHz
0.04% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5.4 GHz
14% 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
16 MiB
68% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
64 MiB
220% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

120th of 1,089
124th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i5 (14th gen)
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Core i5-14400F vs Ryzen 9 8945HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14400F is faster than the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8945HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has significantly more cores than the Core i5-14400F. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has 16 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-14400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14400F. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-14400F. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-14400F. The Ryzen 9 8945HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-14400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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