Intel Core i7-14700HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D

Core i7-14700HX vs Ryzen 9 7945HX3D benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D is faster 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 slightly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D that has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D has more threads than the Core i7-14700HX. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700HX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-14700HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 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.