AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX vs Intel Core i5-14600K

Ryzen 9 7945HX vs Core i5-14600K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7945HX performs better than the Core i5-14600K. Despite this, the Core i5-14600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 7945HX has slightly more cores than the Core i5-14600K. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7945HX has 16 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i5-14600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14600K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-14600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 7945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-14600K has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7945HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-14600K.

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 7945HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.