Intel Core i7-14700F vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Core i7-14700F vs Ryzen 5 7520U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-14700F is faster than the Ryzen 5 7520U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7520U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700F has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7520U. Indeed, the Core i7-14700F has 20 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7520U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7520U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7520U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700F. Despite this, the Core i7-14700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14700F has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 7520U. The Core i7-14700F also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-14700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.