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The AMD Ryzen 5 9600 is a AMD desktop processor from the Ryzen lineup, built on the Granite Ridge architecture and released in 2025. This CPU features 6 cores, a base clock of 3800 MHz, maximum turbo frequency of 5200 MHz and 32 MB of L3 cache. Manufactured using 4 nm process technology. The AMD Ryzen 5 9600 is designed for the AM5 socket.It supports overclocking. It includes integrated AMD Radeon Graphics graphics.

The Intel Core i5-14600K is a Intel desktop processor from the Intel Core lineup, built on the Raptor Lake architecture and released in 2023. This CPU features 14 cores, a base clock of 3500 MHz, maximum turbo frequency of 5300 MHz and 24 MB of L3 cache. Manufactured using 10 nm process technology. The Intel Core i5-14600K is designed for the FCLGA1700 socket.It supports overclocking. It includes integrated Intel® UHD Graphics 770 graphics.


Ranking

Popularity is the current popularity of the cpu. Performance is based on Blender Benchmark with 100 being best. Blender Score represents performance value per $.

AMD Ryzen 5 9600Intel Core i5-14600K
Popularity (0-100) 73%93%
Performance (0-100) 81%87%
Blender Score / $1 0.71.2

Info

Basic info about the cpu.

AMD Ryzen 5 9600Intel Core i5-14600K
Type DesktopDesktop
Cores 614
Threads 1220
Speed 3.8 GHz3.5 GHz
Turbo 5.2 GHz5.3 GHz
Current Price $313$245
Release Price $319
Release Date 20252023
GPU AMD Radeon GraphicsIntel® UHD Graphics 770
Socket AM5FCLGA1700
L3 32 MB24 MB
Base TDP 65 W125 W
Max TDP
Nm 4 nm10 nm
Unlocked YesYes
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Benchmark

We use Blender Benchmark which measures multi core cpu performance under load.
Ranking 100% is highest performance among all ranked processors.

AMD Ryzen 5 9600Intel Core i5-14600K
Blender Score 222.0302.6
Top % Ranking 81 %87 %
Blender Score / $1 0.71.2
Samples 2285

Details

AMD Ryzen 5 9600Intel Core i5-14600K
Class RyzenIntel Core
Code Name Granite RidgeRaptor Lake
Performance Cores 66
Efficiency Cores 08
Memory Type DDR5DDR5
Max Memory 192 MB192 MB
Bits 64-bit64-bit
tjMax
L1 Cache 480 kB
L2 Cache 6.0 MB20.0 MB

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