Intel Core i9-14900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

Core i9-14900K vs Ryzen 9 9900X3D comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D beats the Core i9-14900K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i9-14900K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-14900K has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. Indeed, the Core i9-14900K has 24 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900K. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-14900K has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-14900K.

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