Intel Core i5-4460 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

Core i5-4460 vs Ryzen 9 7900X3D comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7900X3D beats the Core i5-4460 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4460 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 7900X3D has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i5-4460 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4460. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 7900X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4460. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900X3D has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4460 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 7900X3D CPU because of its much lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 7900X3D has more L2 cache than the Core i5-4460. The Ryzen 9 7900X3D 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. For instance, the Core i5-4460 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.