Intel Core i9-14900HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

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
13385 points
21% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11453 points
13203 points
15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10950 points
13450 points
22% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11076 points
13474 points
21% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

340.82 points
398.41 points
16% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15507 points
17560 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2661 points
2866 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
4.40 GHz
100% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.8 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed
5.6 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
128 MiB
255% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

69th of 1,089
38th 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 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5

Core i9-14900HX vs Ryzen 9 7900X3D specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-14900HX beats the Ryzen 9 7900X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7900X3D 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 9 7900X3D. Indeed, the Core i9-14900HX has 24 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7900X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7900X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7900X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900HX. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-14900HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7900X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-14900HX.

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.

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