Intel Core i9-14900KS vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

Compare Intel Core i9 (14th gen) 24 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

Price

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$ 592.49

$ 532.18

$ 60.31 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

17932 points

4% slightly better overall score

17229 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

17174 points

13% slightly better gaming score

15130 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

18250 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

17969 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

18506 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

18272 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16117 points

16731 points

3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

515.80 points

605.81 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

23144 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

21438 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3237 points

3385 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

4.3 GHz

34% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

6.2 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

5.7 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

32 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

16 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB

64 MiB

77% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

3rd of 1,089

7th 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 9 9950X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-14900KS is faster than the Ryzen 9 9950X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9950X 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 9 9950X. Indeed, the Core i9-14900KS has 24 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Ryzen 9 9950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9950X has more threads than the Core i9-14900KS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 9950X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-14900KS. Despite this, the Core i9-14900KS has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i9-14900KS has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 9950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-14900KS.

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.