i5-14600K vs Ryzen 9 7950X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 9 7950X
2022
16 cores / 32 threads, 170 Watt
39.46
+61%
Core i5-14600K
2023
14 cores / 20 threads, 125 Watt
24.51

Ryzen 9 7950X outperforms Core i5-14600K by an impressive 61% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 7950X and Core i5-14600K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking67209
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data64.19
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency21.9718.56
Architecture codenameRaphael (Zen 4) (2022)Raptor Lake-R (2023−2024)
Release date27 September 2022 (2 years ago)17 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$319

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 7950X and Core i5-14600K 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads3220
Base clock speed4.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed5.7 GHz5.3 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache64 MB (shared)24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography5 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeCCD = 2x 70 sq. mm, I/O = 122 mm2257 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)47 °C72 °C
Number of transistors13140 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 7950X and Core i5-14600K 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 configuration11
SocketAM5FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 7950X and Core i5-14600K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsCCD = 5 nm, I/O = 6 nm, 0.650 - 1.475 VIntel® 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-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 9 7950X and Core i5-14600K 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 9 7950X and Core i5-14600K 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 9 7950X and Core i5-14600K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-5200DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data192 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data89.6 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) (400 - 2200 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 770
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.55 GHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 9 7950X and Core i5-14600K integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 9 7950X and Core i5-14600K integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 9 7950X and Core i5-14600K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 7950X and Core i5-14600K.

PCIe version5.05.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes2416

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 9 7950X 39.46
+61%
i5-14600K 24.51

  • Other tests
    • Passmark
    • GeekBench 5 Single-Core
    • GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
    • Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
    • Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
    • 3DMark06 CPU
    • wPrime 32
    • Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core
    • Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
    • Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core
    • Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core
    • TrueCrypt AES
    • WinRAR 4.0
    • x264 encoding pass 2
    • x264 encoding pass 1
    • Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core
    • Blender(-)
    • Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core
    • 7-Zip Single
    • 7-Zip
    • WebXPRT 3
    • CrossMark Overall
    • WebXPRT 4 Overall
    • Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)
    • Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core
    • Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core

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 9 7950X 62680
+61%
i5-14600K 38934

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 9 7950X 2985
+6.3%
i5-14600K 2807

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 9 7950X 19448
+21.9%
i5-14600K 15959

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 9 7950X 8448
i5-14600K 11396
+34.9%

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 9 7950X 72098
i5-14600K 75358
+4.5%

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 9 7950X 21064
+16.4%
i5-14600K 18096

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 9 7950X 1.96
+21.9%
i5-14600K 2.39

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 9 7950X 69
+67.5%
i5-14600K 41

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen 9 7950X 5948
+63.4%
i5-14600K 3640

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 9 7950X 316
+6.2%
i5-14600K 297

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 9 7950X 3.7
+3.4%
i5-14600K 3.58

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 9 7950X 31.6
+62.1%
i5-14600K 19.5

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 9 7950X 15614
+35.9%
i5-14600K 11491

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 9 7950X 270
+29.3%
i5-14600K 209

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 9 7950X 381
i5-14600K 411
+7.8%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 7950X 23897
+36.4%
i5-14600K 17516

Blender(-)

Ryzen 9 7950X 86
i5-14600K 134
+55.8%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 9 7950X 2226
+10.4%
i5-14600K 2017

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 9 7950X 8118
+17.5%
i5-14600K 6910

7-Zip

Ryzen 9 7950X 157038
+68.4%
i5-14600K 93235

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 9 7950X 375
+5.8%
i5-14600K 354

CrossMark Overall

Ryzen 9 7950X 2325
+0.6%
i5-14600K 2310

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Ryzen 9 7950X 303
+0.7%
i5-14600K 301

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ryzen 9 7950X 134
i5-14600K 223
+66.4%

Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 7950X 19810
+13.8%
i5-14600K 17409

Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core

Ryzen 9 7950X 2972
+3.2%
i5-14600K 2879

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 39.46 24.51
Integrated graphics card 4.43 6.16
Recency 27 September 2022 17 October 2023
Physical cores 16 14
Threads 32 20
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 125 Watt

Ryzen 9 7950X has a 61% higher aggregate performance score, and 14.3% more physical cores and 60% more threads.

i5-14600K, on the other hand, has 39.1% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, and 36% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 9 7950X is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i5-14600K in performance tests.


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