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Intel Core i5 14600KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

69 out of 100
Intel Core i5 14600KF
VS
71 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
Intel Core i5 14600KF
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5 14600KF with 14-cores against the 3.9 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 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
88.3
(Very good)
Value Index
120.5
(Excellent)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 9600X and 14600KF
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14600KF
  • Has 8 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 8 months later
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 21% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3334 vs 2750 points
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon 610M
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5.3 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 14600KF
vs
Ryzen 5 9600X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 720
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3701
Cinebench Scores (83rd and 147th 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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 14600KF +11%
16715
Ryzen 5 9600X
15031
File compression 1470 MB/sec 1550 MB/sec
Clang compilation 126.9 Klines/sec 102.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 391.2 pages/sec 299.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 468 Mpixels/sec 375.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 280 pages/sec 353.7 pages/sec
Background blur 68.1 images/sec 77.1 images/sec
Photo processing 155.3 images/sec 123.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 29.4 Mpixels/sec 21.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 1161 & 2 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 14600KF +27%
38271
Ryzen 5 9600X
30080
Integer math 125.5 GOps/sec 89.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 92.7 GOps/sec 60.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 155M Primes/sec 233M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 52M Strings/sec 36.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 27.5 GBytes/sec 16.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 481.3 MBytes/sec 343.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 2337 Frames/sec 1978 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.5B Matrices/sec 28.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 4411 & 8962 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 14600KF +43%
312.96
Ryzen 5 9600X
218.13

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.1 PPW 15.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 133.7 PPW 231.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 306.2 PPW 462.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.5 PPW 3.36 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 14600KF
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-10 (Mischief)Cinebench 2024118 / 1311
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-08 (Sidnt)Cinebench 2024121 / 1285
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-08-27 (romania_121)Cinebench 2024120 / 1389
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-30 (sato)Cinebench 2024120 / 1384
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-24 (NinjaCroassant)Cinebench 2024115 / 1233
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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-06 (Byrno5263)Cinebench 2026720 / 3701
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-08 (JUANCHO)Cinebench 2026524 / 3801
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-16 (StarSophia)Cinebench 2024131 / 909
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-03 (awolution)Cinebench 2024137 / 1000
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-01 (Gandลพi)Cinebench 2024134 / 954
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 14600KF and AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released October 16, 2023 June 3, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Model number i5-14600KF -
Integrated GPU No Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7600X - Intel Core i5 14600K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus -
Intel CPU rating (#47th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#33rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 5.4 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 39x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 8.3 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 181 W 142 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM5
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (50th and 49th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock - 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 2200 MHz
Shading Units - 128
TMUs - 8
ROPs - 4
Execution Units - 2
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
See: Radeon 610M benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 192 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 14600KF official page AMD Ryzen 5 9600X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Comments

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