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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