Intel Core i9-14900KF vs Intel Core i9-14900HX

Compare Intel Core i9 (14th gen) 24 core CPU vs Intel 24 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

15773 points
43% significantly better overall score
10999 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15321 points
33% slightly better gaming score
11453 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16003 points
46% significantly better multitasking score
10950 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16246 points
46% significantly better heavy workload score
11076 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16795 points
33% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
12548 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

508.28 points
49% significantly higher Blender score
340.82 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

20340 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
15507 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3072 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2661 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
Identical
24

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
Identical
32

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
45% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

192 GiB
Identical
192 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

32 MiB
Identical
32 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
Identical
36 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

18th of 1,089
69th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i9 (14th gen)
Core i9 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-5600

Core i9-14900KF vs Core i9-14900HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-14900KF 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.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-14900KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900HX. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

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

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