Intel Core i9-14900KS vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Compare Intel Core i9 (14th gen) 24 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Price

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$ 592.49

$ 195.30

$ 397.19 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

17932 points

106% significantly better overall score

8673 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

17174 points

38% slightly better gaming score

12393 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

18250 points

143% significantly better multitasking score

7498 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

18506 points

155% significantly better heavy workload score

7245 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16117 points

112% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

7587 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

515.80 points

121% significantly higher Blender score

233.29 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

23144 points

54% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

14957 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3237 points

3338 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

300% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

3.9 GHz

21% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

6.2 GHz

14% slightly higher turbo speed

5.4 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

32 MiB

433% significantly more L2 cache

6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB

12% slightly more L3 cache

32 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

3rd of 1,089

118th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i9 (14th gen)

Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February

2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i9-14900KS vs Ryzen 5 9600X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-14900KS is faster than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 9600X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-14900KS has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 9600X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 9600X 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 9600X. The Core i9-14900KS also has slightly 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.