Intel Core i7-14700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

16063 points
154% significantly better overall score
6306 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

16190 points
90% significantly better gaming score
8479 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16059 points
185% significantly better multitasking score
5619 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16174 points
196% significantly better heavy workload score
5454 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

445.12 points
171% significantly higher Blender score
163.82 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

35892 points
175% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score
13029 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

18777 points
102% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
9274 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2921 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2302 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20
233% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
133% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
4.30 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
5 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

28 MiB
366% significantly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

33 MiB
106% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

17th of 1,089
235th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i7 (14th gen)
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2023 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Core i7-14700K vs Ryzen 5 7640HS specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14700K beats the Ryzen 5 7640HS in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7640HS in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700K has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. Indeed, the Core i7-14700K has 20 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7640HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700K. Despite this, the Core i7-14700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-14700K has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. The Core i7-14700K also has significantly 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 i7-14700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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