Intel Core i7-14700T vs AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9254 points
19% slightly better overall score
7722 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11301 points
8% slightly better gaming score
10390 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8700 points
26% slightly better multitasking score
6857 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8646 points
30% slightly better heavy workload score
6632 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

215.05 points
19% slightly higher Blender score
179.45 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20
233% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
133% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.3 GHz
4.2 GHz
223% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

28 MiB
366% significantly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

33 MiB
106% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

105th of 1,099
162nd of 1,099

Family

The product line

Core i7 (14th gen)
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
2024 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Core i7-14700T vs Ryzen 5 8400F benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 8400F is faster than the Core i7-14700T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-14700T has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 8400F has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8400F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700T. Despite this, the Core i7-14700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-14700T has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8400F. The Core i7-14700T also has significantly 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 i7-14700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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