Intel Core i5-14400F vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

Compare Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 12 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

$ 223.69
$ 345.36 significantly less expensive
$ 569.05

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8601 points
15772 points
83% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11043 points
15040 points
36% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7824 points
16008 points
104% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7622 points
16094 points
111% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7397 points
13700 points
85% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

193.46 points
466.69 points
141% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11074 points
20191 points
82% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2320 points
3294 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
12
20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
4.4 GHz
75% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5.5 GHz
17% 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
12 MiB
26% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
128 MiB
540% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

120th of 1,089
19th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i5 (14th gen)
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
2025 March

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 9900X3D specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D beats the Core i5-14400F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-14400F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has slightly more cores than the Core i5-14400F. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-14400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14400F. Also, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-14400F. The Ryzen 9 9900X3D also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i5-14400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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