Intel Core i5-4460 vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

Core i5-4460 vs Ryzen 9 9950X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 9950X performs better than the Core i5-4460. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4460 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 9950X has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-4460 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4460. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 9950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4460. Also, the Ryzen 9 9950X has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4460 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 9950X CPU because of its significantly 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 9950X has more L2 cache than the Core i5-4460. The Ryzen 9 9950X 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.