Intel Core i7-14700F vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Core i7-14700F vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-14700F is faster than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-14700F has significantly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 9800X3D that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700F. Despite this, the Core i7-14700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-14700F has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14700F.

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.