Intel Core i5-14500 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

Core i5-14500 vs Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX performs better than the Core i5-14500. Despite this, the Core i5-14500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core i5-14500 has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14500. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-14500. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has more L2 cache than the Core i5-14500. The Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 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 i5-14500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.