Intel Core i7-14700K vs AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Z2 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

16063 points
136% significantly better overall score
6783 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

16190 points
69% significantly better gaming score
9571 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16059 points
168% significantly better multitasking score
5991 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16174 points
177% significantly better heavy workload score
5838 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

445.12 points
164% significantly higher Blender score
168.33 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
69% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
5 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

28 MiB
250% significantly more L2 cache
8 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 1,089
205th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i7 (14th gen)
Ryzen Z2

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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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i7-14700K vs Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-14700K is faster than the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme 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 AI Z2 Extreme that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-14700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme. Also, the Core i7-14700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14700K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme. The Core i7-14700K also has significantly 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.

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