Intel Core i5-14600K vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840H

Compare Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 14 core CPU vs AMD 8 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

12025 points
33% slightly better overall score
8985 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14272 points
33% slightly better gaming score
10717 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11307 points
34% slightly better multitasking score
8377 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11156 points
36% slightly better heavy workload score
8167 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10606 points
42% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7434 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

303.53 points
76% significantly higher Blender score
172.18 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
75% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
3.80 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

20 MiB
150% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

53rd of 1,089
111th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i5 (14th gen)
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i5-14600K vs Ryzen 7 7840H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-14600K beats the Ryzen 7 7840H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7840H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-14600K has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 7840H that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7840H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7840H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14600K. In terms of cache, the Core i5-14600K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 7840H. The Core i5-14600K 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 i5-14600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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