Intel Core i5-14600KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

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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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Price

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$ 199.99

$ 195.30

$ 4.69 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

11287 points

30% slightly better overall score

8673 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13345 points

7% slightly better gaming score

12393 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10649 points

42% slightly better multitasking score

7498 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10530 points

45% significantly better heavy workload score

7245 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10627 points

40% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

7587 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

309.52 points

32% slightly higher Blender score

233.29 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15636 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

14957 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2781 points

3338 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

3.9 GHz

11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz

5.4 GHz

1% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB

33% slightly 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

63rd of 1,089

118th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i5 (14th gen)

Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November

2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Core i5-14600KF vs Ryzen 5 9600X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14600KF is faster than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-14600KF has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 9600X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14600KF. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-14600KF has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-14600KF.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-14600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.