Intel Core i5-14600K vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Core i5-14600K vs Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX is faster than the Core i5-14600K. Despite this, the Core i5-14600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more cores than the Core i5-14600K. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has 32 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i5-14600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14600K. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-14600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. Also, the Core i5-14600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-14600K has more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-14600K.

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 i5-14600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.