AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i5-14500T

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 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

8422 points
3% slightly better overall score
8117 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8440 points
10172 points
20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8406 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
7544 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8392 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
7468 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9907 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
9642 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1704 points
2371 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
20% slightly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz
123% significantly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4.8 GHz
4% 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
11.5 MiB
91% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

130th of 1,089
146th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 3900X vs Core i5-14500T benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 3900X is faster than the Core i5-14500T. Despite this, the Core i5-14500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-14500T has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 3900X. Indeed, the Core i5-14500T has 14 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 3900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900X has more threads than the Core i5-14500T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14500T. Despite this, the Core i5-14500T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-14500T has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 3900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-14500T.

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 9 3900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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