Intel Core i5-14500T vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600

Compare Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 6 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

8117 points
8451 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10172 points
12073 points
18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7544 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
7298 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7468 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
7044 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9642 points
14339 points
48% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2371 points
3205 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
133% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
66% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.7 GHz
3.8 GHz
123% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5.2 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

11.5 MiB
91% significantly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
32 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

146th of 1,089
128th 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 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Core i5-14500T vs Ryzen 5 9600 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 9600 is faster than the Core i5-14500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-14500T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-14500T has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 9600. Indeed, the Core i5-14500T has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 9600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 9600 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-14500T. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-14500T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 9600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-14500T.

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

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