Intel Core i5-14400F vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Core i5-14400F vs Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX performs better than the Core i5-14400F. Despite this, the Core i5-14400F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more cores than the Core i5-14400F. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has 32 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-14400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14400F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14400F. Despite this, the Core i5-14400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-14400F. The Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 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.