Intel Core i5-14600T vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Compare Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 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

10280 points
11380 points
10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11769 points
11% slightly better gaming score
10581 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9867 points
11723 points
18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9812 points
11982 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score

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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

1.8 GHz
2.5 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
5.4 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed

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

81st of 1,089
61st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i5 (14th gen)
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i5-14600T vs Ryzen 9 9955HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-14600T beats the Ryzen 9 9955HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9955HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 9955HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-14600T that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14600T. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14600T. Also, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-14600T. The Ryzen 9 9955HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

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

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