AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Intel Core i5-14500T

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 8 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

8447 points
4% slightly better overall score
8117 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10377 points
2% slightly better gaming score
10172 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7810 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
7544 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7629 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
7468 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11485 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
9642 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2444 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2371 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.00 GHz
135% significantly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

16 MiB
24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

129th of 1,092
147th of 1,092

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 April
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Core i5-14500T benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7940HS is faster than the Core i5-14500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-14500T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-14500T has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. Indeed, the Core i5-14500T has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7940HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14500T. Also, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-14500T has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. The Core i5-14500T also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 7940HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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