Sony Playstation 5 vs Intel Core i5-14500

Last updated: 2024-03-22

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Sony Playstation 5		Intel Core i5-14500
CPU comparison Sony Playstation 5 or Intel Core i5-14500 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Sony Playstation 5 has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Sony Playstation 5 was released in Q3/2020. The Intel Core i5-14500 has 14 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 192 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-14500 was released in Q1/2024.

AMD Ryzen 7 (68)	Family	Intel Core i5 (331)
AMD Ryzen 4000G (22)	CPU group	Intel Core i 14000 (23)
3	Generation	14
Renoir (Zen 2)	Architecture	Raptor Lake S Refresh
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	Intel Core i5-13500
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Sony Playstation 5 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (3.50 GHz). The Intel Core i5-14500 has 14 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (5.00 GHz).
Sony Playstation 5	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-14500
8	Cores	14
16	Threads	20
normal	Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.00 GHz (3.50 GHz) 8x Zen 2	A-Core	2.60 GHz (5.00 GHz) 6x Raptor Cove
--	B-Core	1.90 GHz (3.70 GHz) 8x Gracemont
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Sony Playstation 5	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-14500
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Playstation 5)	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 770
2.23 GHz	GPU frequency	0.30 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.55 GHz
1	GPU Generation	11
7 nm	Technology	10 nm
1	Max. displays	3
36	Compute units	32
2304	Shader	256
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
12	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Playstation 5)	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 770
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Sony Playstation 5 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-14500 can connect up to 192 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Sony Playstation 5	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-14500
GDDR6	Memory	DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200
16 GB	Max. Memory	192 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
448.0 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	89.6 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	20.00 MB
8.00 MB	L3 Cache	24.00 MB
4.0	PCIe version	5.0
12	PCIe lanes	20
23.6 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Sony Playstation 5 has a TDP of 65 W, that of the Intel Core i5-14500 is 65 W.
Sony Playstation 5	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-14500
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
--	TDP (PL2)	154 W
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The Sony Playstation 5 has a 8.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i5-14500 cache has a total of 44.00 MB.
Sony Playstation 5	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-14500
7 nm	Technology	10 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
BGA	Socket	LGA 1700
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2020	Release date	Q1/2024
--	Release price	232 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Sony Playstation 5 (53%)

Intel Core i5-14500 (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Sony Playstation 5 (49%)

Intel Core i5-14500 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	992 (53%)
	Intel Core i5-14500 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	1877 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	6635 (47%)
	Intel Core i5-14500 14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz	14253 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Sony Playstation 5 AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Playstation 5) @ 2.23 GHz	10300 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-14500 Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.55 GHz	794 (8%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	16095 (50%)
	Intel Core i5-14500 14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz	32505 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	1056 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-14500 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	9625 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-14500 14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-14500 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	2675 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-14500 14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz	14965 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	402 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-14500 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	3735 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-14500 14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz	0 (0%)

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