Intel Core i7-14700K vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800U

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 core CPU vs AMD 8 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

16045 points
160% significantly better overall score
6163 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

16189 points
105% significantly better gaming score
7894 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16035 points
186% significantly better multitasking score
5606 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16149 points
195% significantly better heavy workload score
5474 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14813 points
186% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
5170 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

445.12 points
199% significantly higher Blender score
148.55 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

35892 points
205% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score
11741 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

18777 points
153% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7407 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2921 points
70% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1713 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20
150% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
75% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
25% slightly higher clock speed
2.70 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
19% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

28 MiB
599% significantly more L2 cache
4 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 1,109
253rd of 1,109

Family

The product line

Core i7 (14th gen)
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i7-14700K vs Ryzen 7 6800U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-14700K performs better than the Ryzen 7 6800U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 6800U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-14700K has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 6800U has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 6800U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-14700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 6800U. Also, 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 7 6800U. The Core i7-14700K also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-14700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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