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Ryzen 5 5600G against Core i5-14400

Core i5-14400 leads on the overall index. The price beside each button is the Amazon US reading where ScoutPrices has one; the comparison below is worked on typical prices.

Which one for what

Office & everyday

Core i5-14400right

49 vs 62 on the office & everyday blend.

Coding & development

Core i5-14400right

43 vs 57 on the coding & development blend.

Light gaming

Core i5-14400right

48 vs 61 on the light gaming blend.

Gaming

Core i5-14400right

46 vs 59 on the gaming blend.

Heavy gaming

Core i5-14400right

45 vs 59 on the heavy gaming blend.

Content creation

Core i5-14400right

38 vs 51 on the content creation blend.

3D & rendering

Core i5-14400right

34 vs 47 on the 3D & rendering blend.

Gaming & streaming

Core i5-14400right

41 vs 54 on the gaming & streaming blend.

AI & local models

Core i5-14400right

38 vs 51 on the AI & local models blend.

Head to head

Scores

Indices out of 100 on ScoutSpecs' own scale, one per kind of work. They are not frames per second and not a measurement of any one sample.

  • Spec score

    Ryzen 5 5600G: 44

    Core i5-14400: 57

    13 ptsto the right

  • Gaming

    Ryzen 5 5600G: 45

    Core i5-14400: 58

    13 ptsto the right

  • Multi-core

    Ryzen 5 5600G: 25

    Core i5-14400: 38

    13 ptsto the right

  • Single-core

    Ryzen 5 5600G: 61

    Core i5-14400: 75

    14 ptsto the right

Price and value

Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.

  • Value, points per $100

    Ryzen 5 5600G: 23.2

    Core i5-14400: 28.5

    23%to the right

  • Typical price

    Ryzen 5 5600G: $190

    Core i5-14400: $200

    $10to the left

From the spec sheets

  • Cores

    Ryzen 5 5600G: 6

    Core i5-14400: 10

    67%to the right

  • Threads

    Ryzen 5 5600G: 12

    Core i5-14400: 16

    33%to the right

  • Boost clock

    Ryzen 5 5600G: 4.4 GHz

    Core i5-14400: 4.7 GHz

    7%to the right

  • Turbo power

    Ryzen 5 5600G: 88 W

    Core i5-14400: 154 W

    75%to the left

The verdict

  • The Core i5-14400 leads in games by 29%.
  • The Core i5-14400 has 52% more all-core throughput for renders, compiles and exports.
  • The Core i5-14400 is 23% quicker in single-threaded work, which is most of what a desktop does.
  • The Ryzen 5 5600G typically costs $10 less.
  • Per dollar, the Core i5-14400 is the better buy: 28.5 points per $100 against 23.2.

Specifications

SpecRyzen 5 5600GCore i5-14400
ArchitectureZen 3 (Vega 7)Raptor Lake
SocketAM4LGA1700
Cores / threads6 / 1210 / 16 (better)
Base clock3.9 GHz (better)2.5 GHz
Boost clock4.4 GHz4.7 GHz (better)
TDP / turbo power65 / 88 W65 / 88 W
MemoryDDR4DDR4 or DDR5
Built-in graphicsYesYes
Cooler in the boxYesYes
BrandAMDIntel
Released20212024 (better)
Typical price$190 (better)$200

The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.