AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Core i5-14500T

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 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

11217 points
38% slightly better overall score
8117 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9950 points
10172 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11664 points
54% significantly better multitasking score
7544 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11856 points
58% significantly better heavy workload score
7468 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12029 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
9642 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points
2371 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
14% slightly more cores
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
60% significantly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
100% significantly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
11.5 MiB
43% 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

67th of 1,099
150th of 1,099

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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 5950X vs Core i5-14500T specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5950X performs better than the Core i5-14500T. Despite this, the Core i5-14500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 5950X has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-14500T has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14500T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5950X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14500T. Also, the Ryzen 9 5950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-14500T has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 5950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5950X 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 5950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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