Intel Core i7-14700 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series 24 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
$ 496.03 significantly less expensive
$ 894.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

11732 points
17% slightly better overall score
9951 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13191 points
82% significantly better gaming score
7212 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11333 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
11058 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11315 points
11834 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

293.94 points
397.75 points
35% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15696 points
116% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7241 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2720 points
119% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1240 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20
24
20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
48
71% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3 GHz
42% much higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
28% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

28 MiB
133% significantly more L2 cache
12 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

33 MiB
64 MiB
93% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

55th of 1,089
91st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i7 (14th gen)
Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
2018 October

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR4

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 Threadripper 2970WX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14700 beats the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has slightly more cores than the Core i7-14700. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has 24 cores compared to 20 cores found in the Core i7-14700. It also has more threads than the Core i7-14700. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has a much higher clock speed than 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 Threadripper 2970WX. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 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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