Intel Core i5-14600KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

Core i5-14600KF vs Ryzen 9 8945HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 8945HX performs better 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 8945HX has slightly more cores than the Core i5-14600KF. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HX 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 slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has more L2 cache than the Core i5-14600KF. The Ryzen 9 8945HX 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.