Intel Core i7-14700KF vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series 24 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
$ 537.92 significantly less expensive
$ 894.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

15158 points
52% significantly better overall score
9951 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15326 points
112% significantly better gaming score
7212 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

15160 points
37% slightly better multitasking score
11058 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

15291 points
29% slightly better heavy workload score
11834 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

442.38 points
11% slightly higher Blender score
397.75 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19170 points
164% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7241 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2961 points
138% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1240 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20
24
20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
48
71% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
33% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

28 MiB
133% significantly more L2 cache
12 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

33 MiB
64 MiB
93% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

21st of 1,089
91st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i7 (14th gen)
Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2018 October

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 Threadripper 2970WX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-14700KF performs better than the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has slightly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core i7-14700KF has 20 cores. It also 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 Threadripper 2970WX. Also, 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 Threadripper 2970WX. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 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.

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