Intel Core i7-14700HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Core i7-14700HX vs Ryzen 9 5900XT comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900XT performs better than the Core i7-14700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14700HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-14700HX has slightly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 5900XT that has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has more threads than the Core i7-14700HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14700HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-14700HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 5900XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14700HX.

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