Intel Core i9-14900KS vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

Compare Intel Core i9 (14th gen) 24 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 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

17932 points
238% significantly better overall score
5291 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

17174 points
142% significantly better gaming score
7096 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

18250 points
285% significantly better multitasking score
4729 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

18506 points
303% significantly better heavy workload score
4589 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

515.80 points
299% significantly higher Blender score
129.09 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

23144 points
208% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7501 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3237 points
77% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1825 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
300% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
100% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
3.30 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

6.2 GHz
37% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

32 MiB
966% significantly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
125% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

3rd of 1,089
311th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i9 (14th gen)
Ryzen 5 Mobile

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

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i9-14900KS vs Ryzen 5 6600H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-14900KS beats the Ryzen 5 6600H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 6600H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-14900KS has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 6600H. Indeed, the Core i9-14900KS has 24 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 6600H. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 6600H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 6600H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900KS. Despite this, the Core i9-14900KS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-14900KS has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 6600H. The Core i9-14900KS also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i9-14900KS has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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