Intel Core i5 14600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 9500F

65 out of 100
Intel Core i5 14600
VS
67 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 9500F

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 14600 with 14-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 9500F with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
74.1
(Good)
Value Index
96.4
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 9500F and 14600
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14600
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
  • Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • 16% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3098 vs 2674 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (108th and 173rd place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3098
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
14001
File compression 1012.1 MB/sec 1320 MB/sec
Clang compilation 122.8 Klines/sec 93.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 281.6 pages/sec 280.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 371.7 Mpixels/sec 367.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 267.2 pages/sec 330.6 pages/sec
Background blur 63.8 images/sec 73.1 images/sec
Photo processing 90.6 images/sec 119.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 28.4 Mpixels/sec 20 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 76 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
35830
Integer math 117.1 GOps/sec 83.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 85.8 GOps/sec 56.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 155M Primes/sec 221M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 48M Strings/sec 33.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 25.1 GBytes/sec 15.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 434.3 MBytes/sec 320.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 2325 Frames/sec 1850 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 25.7B Matrices/sec 26.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 492 & 38 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
279.8
217.19

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.7 PPW 14.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 209 PPW 215.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 551.2 PPW 431.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.3 PPW 3.34 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 14600 and AMD Ryzen 5 9500F

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 9, 2024 September 16, 2025
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Model number i5-14600 9500F
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7600 -
Intel CPU rating (#64th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#41st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.7 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.0 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.9 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 6
Total Threads 20 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 27x 38x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 154 W 88 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM5
Peak Temperature 100°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (66th and 55th 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
0.8 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 14600 official page AMD Ryzen 5 9500F official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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