AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i5-14600KF

Ryzen 5 5500 vs Core i5-14600KF benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14600KF is faster than the Ryzen 5 5500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500 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 5500 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-14600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-14600KF has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5500. The Core i5-14600KF also has significantly 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.