Intel Core i7-14700KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

Core i7-14700KF vs Ryzen 9 9950X3D benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D beats the Core i7-14700KF in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-14700KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-14700KF has slightly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 9950X3D that has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has more threads than the Core i7-14700KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700KF. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14700KF has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14700KF.

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