Intel Core i7-14700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 16 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
14% slightly better overall score
14004 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

16190 points
30% slightly better gaming score
12364 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16059 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
14599 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16174 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
14860 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14813 points
5% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
13984 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

445.12 points
475.58 points
6% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

35892 points
3% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
34613 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

18777 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
16083 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2921 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2764 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20
25% slightly more cores
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
32
14% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
35% slightly higher clock speed
2.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed
5.4 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

28 MiB
75% significantly more L2 cache
16 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
31st 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 7945HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14700K beats the Ryzen 9 7945HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7945HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-14700K has slightly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7945HX that has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7945HX has more threads than the Core i7-14700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-14700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7945HX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-14700K has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7945HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14700K.

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 i7-14700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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