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Intel Core i5 14600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

68 out of 100
Intel Core i5 14600K
VS
48 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Intel Core i5 14600K
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5 14600K with 14-cores against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600X with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
74.8
(Good)
Value Index
48.0
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5600X and 14600K
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14600K
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 3 years and 1 month later
  • Around 38.4 GB/s (75%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 29% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2804 vs 2173 points
  • 15% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 14600K
vs
Ryzen 5 5600X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i5 14600K +118%
1273
Ryzen 5 5600X
583
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 628 459
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4994 2477
Cinebench Scores (#100th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i5 14600K +29%
2804
Ryzen 5 5600X
2173
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 14600K +75%
15949
Ryzen 5 5600X
9135
File compression 1500 MB/sec 954.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 140.5 Klines/sec 66.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 429.5 pages/sec 169 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 507.8 Mpixels/sec 245 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 288.4 pages/sec 213.5 pages/sec
Background blur 74 images/sec 47.2 images/sec
Photo processing 154.2 images/sec 68.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 31.5 Mpixels/sec 16 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 786 & 1003 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 14600K +27%
4268
Ryzen 5 5600X
3366
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 14600K +76%
38408
Ryzen 5 5600X
21824
Integer math 125.6 GOps/sec 70.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 92.7 GOps/sec 39.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 157M Primes/sec 135M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 52.1M Strings/sec 26.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 27.5 GBytes/sec 15.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 480.7 MBytes/sec 252.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 2371 Frames/sec 1307 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.4B Matrices/sec 17B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4251 & 35079 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 14600K +95%
304.64
Ryzen 5 5600X
156.48

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.2 PPW 9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 127.6 PPW 140.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 307.3 PPW 335.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.44 PPW 2.41 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 14600K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-25 (zgabbySims)Cinebench 2026628 / 4994
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-14 (Batela)Cinebench 2024122 / 1386
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-01 (Tom)Cinebench 2024119 / 1278
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-01 (Tom B)Cinebench 2024117 / 882
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-11 (GAMERZ)Cinebench 2024118 / 1273
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (CTB)Cinebench 2026497 / 2892
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 (dolip)Cinebench 2026459 / 2477
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-07 (Skull)Cinebench 202493 / 592
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-24 (Suhail Alharbi)Geekbench 6 CPU2174 / 9054
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-24 (Suhail Alharbi)Cinebench 202490 / 583
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 14600K and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released October 16, 2023 October 8, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number i5-14600K -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7600X - Intel Core i5 11600K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
Intel CPU rating (#51st place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#124th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 4.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.6 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 6
Total Threads 20 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 35x 37x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 181 W 88 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM4
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (52nd and 119th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz -
Shading Units 256 -
TMUs 16 -
ROPs 8 -
Execution Units 32 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 14600K
0.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 5600X
n/a
See: Intel UHD Graphics 770 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 14600K official page AMD Ryzen 5 5600X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Total votes: 11

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Comments

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