Intel Core i7-14700HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Core i7-14700HX vs Ryzen 7 9700X specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 9700X performs better than the Core i7-14700HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-14700HX has significantly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 9700X that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 9700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700HX. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14700HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 9700X. The Core i7-14700HX also has slightly more 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.