AMD Ryzen 9 9900X vs Intel Core i5-14600K
Level for gaming on our index. Cores, power and the rest of the platform decide it.
Gaming index 86 86
Cores 12 14
Threads 24 20
Top speed 5.6 GHz 5.3 GHz
Rated power 120 W 125 W
Games at recommended 232 232
Released20242023
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X better than the Intel Core i5-14600K for gaming?
They score the same for gaming; cores, power draw and platform cost are the tie-breakers.
What is the fastest graphics card each one can keep up with?
At 1440p, by our bottleneck model: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 for the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 for the Intel Core i5-14600K.