AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Core i5-14600K

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 24 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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Intel Core i5-14600K

Price

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$ 1000.49

$ 284.79

$ 715.70 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12902 points

7% slightly better overall score

12025 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9051 points

14272 points

57% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14301 points

26% slightly better multitasking score

11307 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14990 points

34% slightly better heavy workload score

11156 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14014 points

32% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

10606 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

545.75 points

79% significantly higher Blender score

303.53 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13168 points

16100 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1679 points

2838 points

69% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

71% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

139% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

5.3 GHz

17% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB

20 MiB

66% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

128 MiB

433% significantly more L3 cache

24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

43rd of 1,089

53rd of 1,089

Family

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Ryzen Threadripper

Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November

2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Core i5-14600K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X is faster than the Core i5-14600K. Despite this, the Core i5-14600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core i5-14600K has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14600K. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-14600K. Despite this, the Core i5-14600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-14600K has more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-14600K.

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 Threadripper 3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.