AMD Ryzen 5 7600 vs Intel Core i7-14650HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 16 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

8046 points
10831 points
34% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10893 points
12542 points
15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7125 points
10318 points
44% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6898 points
10235 points
48% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6614 points
9829 points
48% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

199.23 points
278.01 points
39% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12203 points
12989 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2751 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2416 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
16
166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
24
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz
72% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
5.2 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
24 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
6% slightly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

147th of 1,089
72nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5
Core i7 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 January
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 5 7600 vs Core i7-14650HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-14650HX performs better than the Ryzen 5 7600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-14650HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14650HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-14650HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14650HX.

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 Ryzen 5 7600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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