Intel Core i7-14700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

Core i7-14700 vs Ryzen 9 8945HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 8945HX is faster than the Core i7-14700. Despite this, the Core i7-14700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-14700 has slightly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 8945HX has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has more threads than the Core i7-14700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-14700 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14700.

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.