AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core i5-14400
For gaming, the Intel Core i5-14400 is 1% ahead on our index. The rows below show where the other one still wins.
Gaming index 73 74
Cores 12 10
Threads 24 16
Top speed 4.8 GHz 4.7 GHz
Rated power 105 W 65 W
Games at recommended 230 230
Released20202024
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X better than the Intel Core i5-14400 for gaming?
No — on our gaming index the Intel Core i5-14400 scores 74 and the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 73.
What is the fastest graphics card each one can keep up with?
At 1440p, by our bottleneck model: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti for the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti for the Intel Core i5-14400.