i9-14900K vs Ryzen 5 1600

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 1600
2017
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
8.02
Core i9-14900K
2023
24 cores / 32 threads, 125 Watt
39.33
+390%

Core i9-14900K outperforms Ryzen 5 1600 by a whopping 390% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i9-14900K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking94680
Place by popularity44not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.4761.59
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency11.2528.69
Architecture codenameZen 2 (2017−2020)Raptor Lake-R (2023−2024)
Release date16 March 2017 (7 years ago)17 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$219$589

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

i9-14900K has 1278% better value for money than Ryzen 5 1600.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i9-14900K basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads1232
Base clock speed3.2 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz5.8 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier32no data
L1 cache576 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache3 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size213 mm2257 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors4800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i9-14900K compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i9-14900K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
SIPP-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i9-14900K technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i9-14900K are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i9-14900K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size64 GB192 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s89.6 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel UHD Graphics 770
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HD-+
Graphics max frequency-1.65 GHz
Execution Units-32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i9-14900K integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported-4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i9-14900K integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4-4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP-5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort-7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i9-14900K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12
OpenGL-4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Core i9-14900K.

PCIe version3.05.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes2016

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 1600 8.02
i9-14900K 39.33
+390%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 5 1600 12278
i9-14900K 60183
+390%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 5 1600 1083
i9-14900K 3082
+185%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 5 1600 4633
i9-14900K 20698
+347%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 5 1600 4538
i9-14900K 12643
+179%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 5 1600 25970
i9-14900K 94801
+265%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 5 1600 8244
i9-14900K 22773
+176%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 5 1600 6.85
i9-14900K 2.07
+231%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 5 1600 13
i9-14900K 72
+475%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 5 1600 1129
i9-14900K 6103
+441%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 1600 147
i9-14900K 325
+121%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 1600 1.65
i9-14900K 4.02
+144%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 5 1600 6.4
i9-14900K 26.7
+317%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 5 1600 69
i9-14900K 181
+164%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 5 1600 177
i9-14900K 346
+95.2%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 5 1600 3430
i9-14900K 16108
+370%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 1600 5425
i9-14900K 25199
+365%

Blender(-)

Ryzen 5 1600 404
+375%
i9-14900K 85

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 1600 950
i9-14900K 2369
+149%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 5 1600 3834
i9-14900K 7932
+107%

7-Zip

Ryzen 5 1600 30144
i9-14900K 145207
+382%

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 5 1600 180
i9-14900K 386
+114%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.02 39.33
Recency 16 March 2017 17 October 2023
Physical cores 6 24
Threads 12 32
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 125 Watt

Ryzen 5 1600 has 92.3% lower power consumption.

i9-14900K, on the other hand, has a 390.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and 300% more physical cores and 166.7% more threads.

The Core i9-14900K is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 1600 in performance tests.


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