Intel Core i9-14900KS vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

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

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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

Price

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$ 592.49

$ 75.31 slightly less expensive

$ 667.80

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

17932 points

9% slightly better overall score

16302 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

17174 points

17% slightly better gaming score

14590 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

18250 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

16961 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

18506 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

17329 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16117 points

17230 points

6% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

515.80 points

643.21 points

24% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

23144 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

22134 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3237 points

3395 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

128 MiB

255% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

3rd of 1,089

14th 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

2025 March

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 9950X3D specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D beats the Core i9-14900KS in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i9-14900KS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-14900KS has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 9950X3D that has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has more threads than the Core i9-14900KS. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900KS. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-14900KS has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D 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.