Ryzen 9 3950X vs Core i5-14500 benchmarks
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-14500 performs better than the Ryzen 9 3950X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 3950X in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 3950X has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-14500 that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14500. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-14500 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 3950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-14500.
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 3950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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