Intel Core i9-7900X vs Intel Core i7-14700T

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs Intel 20 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

7006 points

7595 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7653 points

10203 points

33% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points

6863 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6719 points

6739 points

0.30% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.19 points

215.05 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

40% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

153% significantly higher clock speed

1.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

5.2 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

120% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

192 GiB

49% significantly more supported memory

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

14 MiB

33 MiB

135% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

193rd of 1,089

162nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Core i7 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May

2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i9-7900X vs Core i7-14700T benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-14700T performs better than the Core i9-7900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7900X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-14700T has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Core i9-7900X has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-7900X. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-7900X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-14700T.

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 i9-7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.