Intel Core i5-14500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Core i5-14500 vs Ryzen 5 9600X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14500 is faster than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-14500 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Indeed, the Core i5-14500 has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 9600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 9600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14500. In terms of cache, the Core i5-14500 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-14500.

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 i5-14500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.