Intel Core i5-14600KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Core i5-14600KF vs Ryzen 5 7520U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14600KF is faster than the Ryzen 5 7520U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7520U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-14600KF has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7520U. Indeed, the Core i5-14600KF has 14 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7520U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7520U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-14600KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 7520U. Also, the Core i5-14600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-14600KF has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 7520U. The Core i5-14600KF 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 i5-14600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.