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

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 24 core CPU vs Intel 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-14600KF

Price

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$ 1000.49

$ 199.99

$ 800.50 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12902 points

14% slightly better overall score

11287 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9051 points

13345 points

47% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14301 points

34% slightly better multitasking score

10649 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14990 points

42% slightly better heavy workload score

10530 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14014 points

31% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

10627 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

545.75 points

76% significantly higher Blender score

309.52 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13168 points

15636 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1679 points

2781 points

65% 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

49% significantly more L2 cache

8 MiB

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

42nd of 1,089

63rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

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

Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Core i5-14600KF benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X beats the Core i5-14600KF in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-14600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i5-14600KF that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14600KF. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-14600KF. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-14600KF. The Ryzen Threadripper 3960X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.