Intel Core i9-14900F vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Core i9-14900F vs Ryzen 9 9900X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9900X beats the Core i9-14900F in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i9-14900F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-14900F has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 9900X. Indeed, the Core i9-14900F has 24 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 9900X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 9900X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900F. Despite this, the Core i9-14900F has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i9-14900F has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 9900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-14900F.

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 i9-14900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.