Intel Core i7-14700 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

Core i7-14700 vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX beats the Core i7-14700 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-14700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX. Indeed, the Core i7-14700 has 20 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX has more threads than the Core i7-14700. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX has a significantly higher clock speed than 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 PRO 5955WX. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14700.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-14700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.