Intel Core i9-14900HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D

Compare Intel 24 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 16 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
11621 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11453 points
11% slightly better gaming score
10251 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10950 points
12118 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11076 points
12323 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12548 points
12988 points
3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

340.82 points
463.95 points
36% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15507 points
16655 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2661 points
2764 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
49% significantly more cores
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
Identical
32

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
2.30 GHz
4% slightly 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
100% significantly more L2 cache
16 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
192 MiB
433% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

69th of 1,089
56th 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 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5

Core i9-14900HX vs Ryzen 9 7945HX3D comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-14900HX beats the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 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 7945HX3D. Indeed, the Core i9-14900HX has 24 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D has a slightly 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 7945HX3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 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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