Intel Core i7-14700KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Core i7-14700KF vs Ryzen 5 7520U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14700KF beats the Ryzen 5 7520U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7520U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-14700KF has significantly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7520U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7520U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-14700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7520U. Also, the Core i7-14700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-14700KF has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7520U. The Core i7-14700KF also has significantly more L3 cache.

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