Intel Core i7-14700HX vs Intel Core i7-14700

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 core CPU vs Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10176 points

11732 points

15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10959 points

13191 points

20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9972 points

11333 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10002 points

11315 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

307.50 points

4% slightly higher Blender score

293.94 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13460 points

15696 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2505 points

2720 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

Identical

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz

1% slightly higher turbo speed

5.4 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

192 GiB

Identical

192 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

28 MiB

Identical

28 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

33 MiB

Identical

33 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

82nd of 1,089

55th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i7 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-14700HX vs Core i7-14700 specs and performance

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

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Both the Core i7-14700HX and Core i7-14700 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-14700HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches and L3 cache.

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