AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 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

8378 points
3% slightly better overall score
8117 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8533 points
10172 points
19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8330 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
7544 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8329 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
7468 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9918 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
9642 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1737 points
2371 points
36% 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

3.8 GHz
123% significantly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
4.8 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

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

131st 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

2020 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 3900XT vs Core i5-14500T comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 3900XT performs better than the Core i5-14500T. Despite this, the Core i5-14500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-14500T has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 3900XT that has 12 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has more threads than the Core i5-14500T. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 3900XT has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-14500T. Despite this, the Core i5-14500T has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-14500T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 3900XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-14500T.

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

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