Intel Core i9-9940X vs Intel Core i5-14500T

Compare Intel Core X-series 14 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

8137 points

0.25% slightly better overall score

8117 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7646 points

10172 points

33% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8299 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

7544 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8373 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

7468 points

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Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10437 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

9642 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1460 points

2371 points

62% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

40% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

94% significantly higher clock speed

1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

4.8 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

120% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

192 GiB

49% significantly more supported memory

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

4% slightly more L3 cache

24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

149th of 1,099

151st of 1,099

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November

2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i9-9940X vs Core i5-14500T comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-9940X beats the Core i5-14500T in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-14500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i9-9940X has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9940X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14500T. Despite this, the Core i5-14500T has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i9-9940X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.