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Intel Core i5 14600K vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

68 out of 100
Intel Core i5 14600K
VS
51 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
Intel Core i5 14600K
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5 14600K with 14-cores against the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5700X with 8-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
54.5
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5700X and 14600K
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14600K
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Around 38.4 GB/s (75%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
  • 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 2166 points
  • 15% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
  • 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 7 5700X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 628 477
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4994 3191
Cinebench Scores (100th and 200th 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 7 5700X
2166
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 14600K +55%
15949
Ryzen 7 5700X
10313
File compression 1500 MB/sec 1060 MB/sec
Clang compilation 140.5 Klines/sec 78.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 429.5 pages/sec 209.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 507.8 Mpixels/sec 307.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 288.4 pages/sec 217.9 pages/sec
Background blur 74 images/sec 41.4 images/sec
Photo processing 154.2 images/sec 76.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 31.5 Mpixels/sec 18.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 786 & 637 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 14600K +26%
4268
Ryzen 7 5700X
3386
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 14600K +45%
38408
Ryzen 7 5700X
26561
Integer math 125.6 GOps/sec 92.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 92.7 GOps/sec 51.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 157M Primes/sec 117M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 52.1M Strings/sec 33.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 27.5 GBytes/sec 20.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 480.7 MBytes/sec 323.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 2371 Frames/sec 1325 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.4B Matrices/sec 21.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4251 & 21736 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 14600K +48%
304.64
Ryzen 7 5700X
205.55

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.2 PPW 12.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 127.6 PPW 158.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 307.3 PPW 408.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.44 PPW 3.16 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 7 5700X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 (Batti)Cinebench 20261525 / 14346
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-20 -> bangGeekbench 6 CPU2275 / 10804
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-12 (kcb2)Cinebench 2026477 / 3191
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-10 (DrDimebadger)Cinebench 202692 / 771
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-09 (Max_Max_In)Geekbench 6 CPU2308 / 11861
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 14600K and AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released October 16, 2023 March 15, 2022
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 i7 12700K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
Intel CPU rating (#51st place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#108th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.4 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 8
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 35x 34x
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 90Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (52nd and 104th 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 7 5700X
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 7 5700X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 24

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Comments

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