AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i5 14600K

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AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Intel Core i5 14600K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X with 12 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Core i5 14600K with 14 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 24MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (105W vs 125W)

Intel Core i5 14600K 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 3 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

1306

Intel Core i5 14600K +58%

2072

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

18454

Intel Core i5 14600K +29%

23983

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

1842

Intel Core i5 14600K +50%

2772

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

11715

Intel Core i5 14600K +46%

17217

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

78

Intel Core i5 14600K +56%

122

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

1068

Intel Core i5 14600K +28%

1373

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

1319

Intel Core i5 14600K +68%

2217

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

11991

Intel Core i5 14600K +59%

19125

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

2683

Intel Core i5 14600K +60%

4299

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

32531

Intel Core i5 14600K +21%

39465

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

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Intel Core i5 14600K

General Parameters

Jul 2019

Release Date

Oct 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Raptor Lake Refresh

-

Processor Number

i5-14600K

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

-

Generation

Core i5 (Raptor Lake Refresh)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

181 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

-

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

257 mm²

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

6

24

Performance Core Threads

12

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

4.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.3 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

8

-

Efficiency Core Threads

8

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

12

Total Core Count

14

24

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38x

Multiplier

35x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

24 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

192 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1550 MHz

-

Shader Units

256

-

Texture Units

16

-

Raster Operation Units

8

-

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 14600K

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

16

PCIe Lanes

20

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