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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-14900K outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 1600 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Ryzen 5 1600 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-14900K is 2380 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 5 1600.
Advantages of Ryzen 5 1600
- Up to 49% cheaper than Core i9-14900K - £219.44 vs £433.50
- Up to 6% better value when playing War Thunder than Core i9-14900K - £1.36 vs £1.44 per FPS
Advantages of Core i9-14900K
- Performs up to 86% better in War Thunder than Ryzen 5 1600 - 300 vs 161 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 1600 - 32 vs 12 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 1600 doesn't have integrated graphics
War Thunder
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Ryzen 5 1600
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
FPS
161
54%
Value, £/FPS
£1.36/FPS
100%
Price, £
£219.44
100%
Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Desktop CPU - AM4 / Hex Core / 3.2 GHz /19MB / 65W
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Core i9-14900K
Desktop • Oct 17th, 2023
FPS
300
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.44/FPS
94%
Price, £
£433.5
50%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-14900K Desktop Processor 24 cores (8 P-cores + 16 E-cores) up to 6.0 GHz
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Updated 89 minutes ago
Trending Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Ryzen 5 1600
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
Core i9-14900K
Desktop • Oct 17th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 1600 | vs | Core i9-14900K |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 11th, 2017 | Release Date | Oct 17th, 2023 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 24 |
| 12 | Threads | 32 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 3.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 6.0 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Ryzen 5 1600 or Core i9-14900K
With selected game settings
300 FPS
£13.67/FPS
64 GB, N/A Storage
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£4,102.3
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301 FPS
£18.6/FPS
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£5,600
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300 FPS
£21/FPS
16 GB, N/A Storage
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