Intel Core i9-14900HX vs Intel Core i7-14700HX

Core i9-14900HX vs Core i7-14700HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14700HX beats the Core i9-14900HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-14900HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-14900HX has slightly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i7-14700HX that has 20 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-14700HX. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-14900HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700HX. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-14900HX has more L2 cache than the Core i7-14700HX. The Core i9-14900HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

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