Intel Core i7-14700KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 357.07
$ 157.50
$ 199.57 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

15185 points
98% significantly better overall score
7663 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15351 points
65% significantly better gaming score
9257 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

15188 points
113% significantly better multitasking score
7115 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

15318 points
120% significantly better heavy workload score
6951 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14250 points
115% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
6611 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

442.38 points
135% significantly higher Blender score
187.49 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19170 points
118% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8779 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2961 points
48% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1998 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
3.70 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
21% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

28 MiB
599% significantly more L2 cache
4 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

21st of 1,099
163rd of 1,099

Family

The product line

Core i7 (14th gen)
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Core i7-14700KF vs Ryzen 7 5700 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-14700KF is faster than the Ryzen 7 5700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5700 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700KF has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 5700. Indeed, the Core i7-14700KF has 20 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 5700. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-14700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-14700KF has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 5700. 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.

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