AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Intel Core i5-14600T

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

16669 points
62% significantly better overall score
10280 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14068 points
19% slightly better gaming score
11769 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

17588 points
78% significantly better multitasking score
9867 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

17965 points
83% significantly better heavy workload score
9812 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19297 points
50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
12794 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2976 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2563 points

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

4.5 GHz
150% significantly higher clock speed
1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.7 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
5.1 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

24
20% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
192 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

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

11th of 1,089
81st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 September
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 9 7950X vs Core i5-14600T specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7950X performs better than the Core i5-14600T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-14600T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 7950X has slightly more cores than the Core i5-14600T. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7950X has 16 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i5-14600T. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14600T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7950X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14600T. Also, the Ryzen 9 7950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 7950X has more L2 cache than the Core i5-14600T. The Ryzen 9 7950X also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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