Intel Core i5-14600KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Core i5-14600KF vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-14600KF beats the Ryzen 7 9800X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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 7 9800X3D. Indeed, the Core i5-14600KF has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-14600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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.