Intel Core i7-14700 vs AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 398.96
$ 250.17
$ 148.79 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

11732 points
24% slightly better overall score
9424 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13191 points
16% slightly better gaming score
11316 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11333 points
28% slightly better multitasking score
8790 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11315 points
31% slightly better heavy workload score
8596 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12400 points
57% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
7868 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

293.94 points
27% slightly higher Blender score
229.92 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15696 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
12976 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2720 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2647 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20
150% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
75% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
4.10 GHz
95% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
5 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

28 MiB
250% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

33 MiB
106% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

55th of 1,089
101st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i7 (14th gen)
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
2024 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Core i7-14700 vs Ryzen 7 8700F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14700 beats the Ryzen 7 8700F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 8700F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 8700F. Indeed, the Core i7-14700 has 20 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 8700F. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8700F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 8700F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700. Despite this, the Core i7-14700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-14700 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 8700F. The Core i7-14700 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-14700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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