Intel Core i7-14700 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Core i7-14700 vs Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX performs better than the Core i7-14700. Despite this, the Core i7-14700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more cores with 32 cores compared to the Core i7-14700 that has 20 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-14700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has a much higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700. Despite this, the Core i7-14700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-14700 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 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.