Intel Core i7-14700 vs AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

11732 points
2% slightly better overall score
11415 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13191 points
13499 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11333 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
10715 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11315 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
10514 points

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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
4.7 GHz
123% significantly higher clock speed

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
96 MiB
190% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

55th of 1,089
60th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i7 (14th gen)
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i7-14700 vs Ryzen 7 9850X3D comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-14700 performs better than the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D 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 9850X3D. Indeed, the Core i7-14700 has 20 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-14700 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14700.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-14700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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