Intel Core i9-14900HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D

Core i9-14900HX vs Ryzen 7 9850X3D benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-14900HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. Indeed, the Core i9-14900HX has 24 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 9850X3D has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-14900HX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-14900HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-14900HX.

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