AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core i7-14650HX

Ryzen 9 5900X vs Core i7-14650HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-14650HX performs better than the Ryzen 9 5900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5900X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14650HX has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 5900X. Indeed, the Core i7-14650HX has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 5900X. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900X 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 info from our database shows that the Core i7-14650HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 5900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900X has significantly 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 9 5900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.