Intel Core i7-14700KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 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
$ 301.56
$ 55.51 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

15150 points
36% slightly better overall score
11120 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15322 points
11% slightly better gaming score
13778 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

15151 points
47% significantly better multitasking score
10239 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

15281 points
52% significantly better heavy workload score
9995 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14250 points
46% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
9722 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

442.38 points
46% significantly higher Blender score
302.05 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19170 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
16965 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2961 points
3349 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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
3.8 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed
5.5 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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
3% slightly more L3 cache
32 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

22nd of 1,089
67th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i7 (14th gen)
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Core i7-14700KF vs Ryzen 7 9700X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14700KF beats the Ryzen 7 9700X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 9700X 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 9700X. Indeed, the Core i7-14700KF has 20 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 9700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9700X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-14700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14700KF has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 9700X. The Core i7-14700KF also has slightly 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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