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Intel Core i5 14500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600

63 out of 100
Intel Core i5 14500
VS
60 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7600
Intel Core i5 14500
AMD Ryzen 5 7600

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5 14500 with 14-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7600 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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
66.1
(Good)
Value Index
88.4
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7600 and 14500
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14500
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics 770 integrated graphics: 0.8 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Around 3.4 GB/s (5%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 14500
vs
Ryzen 5 7600

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i5 14500 +51%
1145
Ryzen 5 7600
756
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 409 597
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 2104 3144
Cinebench Scores (#121st 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 14500
2611
Ryzen 5 7600 +7%
2797
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 14500 +21%
15155
Ryzen 5 7600
12486
File compression 1200 MB/sec 1280 MB/sec
Clang compilation 112.8 Klines/sec 89.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 393.3 pages/sec 271.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 436.6 Mpixels/sec 313.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 264.2 pages/sec 281.5 pages/sec
Background blur 63.7 images/sec 55.7 images/sec
Photo processing 134.7 images/sec 89.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 26.9 Mpixels/sec 16.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 235 & 788 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 14500 +1%
3950
Ryzen 5 7600
3907
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 14500 +14%
30757
Ryzen 5 7600
26969
Integer math 108 GOps/sec 80.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 79.5 GOps/sec 48 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 106M Primes/sec 198M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.9M Strings/sec 36.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 21.4 GBytes/sec 17.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 371.1 MBytes/sec 303.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1745 Frames/sec 1750 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 22.5B Matrices/sec 23B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2334 & 6830 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 14500 +28%
257.62
Ryzen 5 7600
200.8

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.6 PPW 11.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 233.2 PPW 192.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 473.2 PPW 414.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.96 PPW 3.09 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 14500
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-05 (SeanyBoy)Cinebench 2026409 / 2104
πŸ“˜ 2024-08-02 (AliR88)Cinebench 2024110 / 1145
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AMD Ryzen 5 7600
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (appiar)Cinebench 2026582 / 3131
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-22 -> Lello75Cinebench 2026611 / 3435
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-27 -> Lello75Geekbench 6 CPU2856 / 13297
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-27 (Parrott)Cinebench 2026597 / 3144
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-16 -> Lello75Geekbench 6 CPU2859 / 13080
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 14500 and AMD Ryzen 5 7600

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 9, 2024 January 10, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number i5-14500 -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 13600
Intel CPU rating (#70th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#67th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.9 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 6
Total Threads 20 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 26x 38x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 6.57 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 154 W 88 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM5
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (70th and 79th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 256 128
TMUs 16 8
ROPs 8 4
Execution Units 32 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 14500 +33%
0.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 7600
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) compared to UHD Graphics 770

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 73.4 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 14500 official page AMD Ryzen 5 7600 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Comments

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