AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Core i5-4460

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 287.24
$ 64.04
$ 223.20 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

11194 points
449% significantly better overall score
2038 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9928 points
164% significantly better gaming score
3756 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11640 points
648% significantly better multitasking score
1556 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11833 points
692% significantly better heavy workload score
1494 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11823 points
333% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
2725 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

406.94 points
891% significantly higher Blender score
41.05 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12256 points
317% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2935 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2148 points
108% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1032 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12029 points
307% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2954 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points
106% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1068 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
300% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
700% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed
3.20 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
44% significantly higher turbo speed
3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
84 W
25% slightly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
700% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
966% significantly more L3 cache
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

66th of 1,089
709th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 5950X vs Core i5-4460 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5950X performs better than the Core i5-4460. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4460 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 5950X has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-4460 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4460. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4460. Also, the Ryzen 9 5950X has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-4460 outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 5950X thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5950X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-4460. The Ryzen 9 5950X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 5950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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