Intel Core i9-14900HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Compare Intel Core i9 (14th gen) 24 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 8 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

10999 points

11120 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11453 points

13778 points

20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10950 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

10239 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11076 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

9995 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12548 points

29% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

9722 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

340.82 points

12% slightly higher Blender score

302.05 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15507 points

16965 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2661 points

3349 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

3.8 GHz

72% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.8 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

5.5 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

32 MiB

300% significantly more L2 cache

8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB

12% slightly more L3 cache

32 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

69th of 1,089

67th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i9 (14th gen)

Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February

2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Core i9-14900HX vs Ryzen 7 9700X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-14900HX beats the Ryzen 7 9700X in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-14900HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 9700X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 9700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900HX. Despite this, the Core i9-14900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-14900HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9700X. The Core i9-14900HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-14900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.