Intel Core i7-14700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Core i7-14700 vs Ryzen 9 9955HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-14700 performs better than the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9955HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-14700 has slightly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 9955HX has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has more threads than the Core i7-14700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-14700 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX 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.