Intel Core i7-14700HX vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Core i7-14700HX vs Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX beats the Core i7-14700HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-14700HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more cores with 32 cores compared to the Core i7-14700HX that has 20 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-14700HX. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has a much 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 Threadripper 2990WX. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 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.