Intel Core i7-14700HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 8700G

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 8 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

4% slightly better overall score

9769 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10959 points

11596 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9972 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

9145 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10002 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

8951 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

307.50 points

25% slightly higher Blender score

245.43 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13460 points

13530 points

0.52% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2505 points

2650 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

75% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

4.2 GHz

100% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz

7% slightly higher turbo speed

5.1 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

28 MiB

250% significantly more L2 cache

8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

33 MiB

106% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

82nd of 1,089

95th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i7 (14th gen)

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Core i7-14700HX vs Ryzen 7 8700G comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14700HX beats the Ryzen 7 8700G in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8700G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-14700HX has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 8700G has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8700G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 8700G has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-14700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14700HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14700HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 8700G. The Core i7-14700HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-14700HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.