AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i5-14600KF

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Core i5-14600KF comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-14600KF beats the Ryzen 5 3600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3600 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-14600KF has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 3600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14600KF. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-14600KF has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-14600KF.

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.