Intel Core i7-14700HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900

Core i7-14700HX vs Ryzen 9 7900 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14700HX beats the Ryzen 9 7900 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7900. Indeed, the Core i7-14700HX has 20 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7900. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7900. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7900 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to 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 9 7900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900 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.