Intel Core i5-14600KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX

Compare Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

11327 points
13895 points
22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13381 points
12% slightly better gaming score
11946 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10689 points
14609 points
36% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10570 points
14919 points
41% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10627 points
13404 points
26% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

309.52 points
463.74 points
49% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
16
14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
32
60% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
45% significantly higher clock speed
2.40 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed
5.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
16 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
64 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

70th of 1,127
32nd of 1,127

Family

The product line

Core i5 (14th gen)
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2024 January

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 9 7940HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7940HX is faster than the Core i5-14600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-14600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 7940HX has slightly more cores than the Core i5-14600KF. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7940HX has 16 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i5-14600KF. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14600KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-14600KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HX. Also, the Core i5-14600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7940HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-14600KF. The Ryzen 9 7940HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

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

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