Intel Core i5-14600KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Compare Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 199.99

$ 101.57 significantly less expensive

$ 301.56

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

11287 points

1% slightly better overall score

11120 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13345 points

13778 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10649 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

10239 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10530 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

9995 points

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i5-14600KF and the Ryzen 7 9700X? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10627 points

9% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

9722 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

309.52 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

302.05 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15636 points

16965 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2781 points

3349 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

3.8 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz

5.5 GHz

3% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB

Identical

8 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

67th 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 7 9700X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14600KF is faster than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 9700X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-14600KF has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 9700X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14600KF. Also, the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 7 9700X also has slightly 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.