Intel Core i9-10900X vs Intel Core i5-14450HX

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 10 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

7550 points

2% slightly better overall score

7353 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8222 points

9822 points

19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7324 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

6634 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7249 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

6496 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

202.00 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

197.64 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

54% significantly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

4.8 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

139% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

256 GiB

33% slightly more supported memory

192 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

25% slightly more L3 cache

20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

165th of 1,089

171st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November

2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-10900X vs Core i5-14450HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10900X is faster than the Core i5-14450HX. Despite this, the Core i5-14450HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i9-10900X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14450HX. Despite this, the Core i5-14450HX has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i9-10900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.