Intel Core i7-14700KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

Core i7-14700KF vs Ryzen 9 9900X3D specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D performs better than the Core i7-14700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-14700KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700KF has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. Indeed, the Core i7-14700KF has 20 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than 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 9 9900X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14700KF.

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.