Intel Core i9-14900HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900

Compare Intel 24 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 12 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
12696 points
15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11453 points
12933 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10950 points
12616 points
15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11076 points
12600 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12548 points
12% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
11128 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

340.82 points
394.92 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15507 points
16768 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2661 points
2868 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
100% significantly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
33% slightly more threads
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
3.70 GHz
68% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.8 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed
5.4 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

32 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache
12 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
64 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

69th of 1,089
45th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i9 (14th gen)
Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
2023 January

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 9 7900 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7900 is faster than the Core i9-14900HX. 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 significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7900 that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7900. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 7900 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-14900HX. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-14900HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900 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.

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