Intel Core i7-14700K vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Core i7-14700K vs Ryzen 7 9700X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-14700K is faster than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 9700X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-14700K has significantly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 9700X that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9700X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9700X 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 7 9700X. The Core i7-14700K also has slightly 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.