AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core i9-14900HX

Ryzen 9 5900X vs Core i9-14900HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-14900HX is faster than the Ryzen 9 5900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5900X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-14900HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 5900X has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 5900X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900HX. Despite this, the Core i9-14900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-14900HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 5900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-14900HX.

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 5900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.