AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i5 14600KF

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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Intel Core i5 14600KF

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X with 16 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i5 14600KF 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 3950X 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 24MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (105W vs 125W)

Intel Core i5 14600KF 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 11 months late

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 3950X

1349

Intel Core i5 14600KF +53%

2072

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +1%

24396

Intel Core i5 14600KF

23983

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1709

Intel Core i5 14600KF +60%

2748

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

11656

Intel Core i5 14600KF +43%

16707

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

72

Intel Core i5 14600KF +72%

124

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1325

Intel Core i5 14600KF +4%

1388

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

2692

Intel Core i5 14600KF +59%

4306

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

38953

Intel Core i5 14600KF +1%

39348

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

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Intel Core i5 14600KF

General Parameters

Nov 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

i5-14600KF

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

No

-

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

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

-

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

257 mm²

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

6

32

Performance Core Threads

12

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

4.7 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

16

Total Core Count

14

32

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

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

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 14600KF

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

16

PCIe Lanes

20

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