Intel Core i7-14700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 12 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
32% slightly better overall score
12102 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

16190 points
38% slightly better gaming score
11676 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16059 points
31% slightly better multitasking score
12246 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16174 points
31% slightly better heavy workload score
12288 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14813 points
28% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
11567 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

445.12 points
29% slightly higher Blender score
342.81 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

35892 points
33% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
26876 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

18777 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
13839 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2921 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2627 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20
66% significantly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
16% slightly more threads
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed
3.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed
5.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

28 MiB
133% significantly more L2 cache
12 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

33 MiB
64 MiB
93% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

17th of 1,089
49th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i7 (14th gen)
Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Core i7-14700K vs Ryzen 9 7845HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-14700K is faster than the Ryzen 9 7845HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7845HX 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 9 7845HX has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7845HX. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-14700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7845HX. Also, the Core i7-14700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-14700K has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7845HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7845HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14700K.

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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