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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-14500 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 9 3950X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-14500 is 1505 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 9 3950X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-14500 - 32 vs 20 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-14500
- Performs up to 17% better in Minecraft than Ryzen 9 3950X - 847 vs 725 FPS
- Up to 54% cheaper than Ryzen 9 3950X - £229.98 vs £499.99
- Up to 61% better value when playing Minecraft than Ryzen 9 3950X - £0.27 vs £0.69 per FPS
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 9 3950X doesn't have integrated graphics
Minecraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Processor (16C/32T, 72 MB Cache, 4.7 GHz Max Boost)
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Core i5-14500
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024
FPS
847
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.27/FPS
100%
Price, £
£229.98
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-14500 Desktop Processor 14 cores (6 P-cores + 8 E-cores) up to 5.0 GHz
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 9 3950X
Desktop • Nov 25th, 2019
Core i5-14500
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | vs | Intel Core i5-14500 |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 25th, 2019 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2024 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Matisse | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
16 | Cores | 14 |
32 | Threads | 20 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.6 GHz |
| 4.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.0 GHz |
| 105 W | TDP | Not Available |
7 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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