Intel Core i9-14900KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Compare Intel Core i9 (14th gen) 24 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 408.49
$ 46.56 slightly less expensive
$ 455.05

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

15773 points
43% significantly better overall score
10982 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15321 points
16% slightly better gaming score
13108 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16003 points
56% significantly better multitasking score
10252 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16246 points
61% significantly better heavy workload score
10031 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16795 points
66% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
10082 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

508.28 points
56% significantly higher Blender score
325.43 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

20340 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
18346 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3072 points
3336 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
200% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
100% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
4.7 GHz
46% significantly higher clock speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

32 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
96 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

18th of 1,089
70th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i9 (14th gen)
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Core i9-14900KF vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-14900KF is faster than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 9800X3D in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-14900KF has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 9800X3D that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900KF. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-14900KF has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-14900KF.

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

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