AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Core i7-14650HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 16 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

11194 points

3% slightly better overall score

10831 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9928 points

12542 points

26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11640 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

10318 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11833 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

10235 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11823 points

20% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

9829 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

406.94 points

46% significantly higher Blender score

278.01 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12029 points

12989 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points

2416 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

54% significantly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

5.2 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB

24 MiB

200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB

113% significantly more L3 cache

30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

66th of 1,089

72nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

Core i7 (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

DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 9 5950X vs Core i7-14650HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5950X performs better than the Core i7-14650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14650HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 9 5950X has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5950X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-14650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14650HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14650HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 5950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14650HX.

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.