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

Core i9-14900KF vs Ryzen 9 9900X3D specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-14900KF beats the Ryzen 9 9900X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9900X3D 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 9 9900X3D that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-14900KF. In terms of cache, the Core i9-14900KF has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D 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.