Intel Core i5-14600K vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

Core i5-14600K vs Ryzen 9 8945HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 8945HX beats the Core i5-14600K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-14600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-14600K that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-14600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-14600K has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-14600K.

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.