Intel Core i7-14700 vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Core i7-14700 vs Ryzen 7 9700X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-14700 is faster than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Indeed, the Core i7-14700 has 20 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 9700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 9700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700. Also, the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14700 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 9700X. The Core i7-14700 also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-14700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.