Intel Core i9-13950HX vs Intel Core i5-14500

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core CPU vs Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 14 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

9156 points
9533 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9937 points
12007 points
20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9021 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
8804 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9146 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
8680 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12485 points
37% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
9078 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

331.39 points
33% slightly higher Blender score
248.96 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
71% significantly more cores
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
60% significantly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
2.6 GHz
18% slightly higher clock speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
192 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
39% slightly more L2 cache
11.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

109th of 1,089
99th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-4800

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Core i9-13950HX vs Core i5-14500 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14500 is faster than the Core i9-13950HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13950HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13950HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i5-14500 that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-14500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13950HX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-13950HX has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i5-14500. The Core i9-13950HX 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 i9-13950HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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