Core i7-14700KF vs Ryzen 9 9955HX3D specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D 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 9955HX3D that has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D has more threads than the Core i7-14700KF. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-14700KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D. 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 9 9955HX3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D 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.
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