Ryzen 9 5900 vs Core i5-14400 specs and performance
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900 performs better than the Core i5-14400. Despite this, the Core i5-14400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 5900 has slightly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i5-14400 that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14400. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-14400 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 5900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-14400.
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 5900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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