Intel Core i9-7980XE vs Intel Core i7-14700T

Compare Intel Core X-series 18 core CPU vs Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 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

10174 points
4% slightly better overall score
9739 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8591 points
11625 points
35% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10736 points
16% slightly better multitasking score
9236 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10962 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score
9201 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

376.16 points
74% significantly higher Blender score
215.05 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

18
20
11% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

36
28% slightly more threads
28

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
100% significantly higher clock speed
1.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
5.2 GHz
23% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

44
120% significantly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

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

75 MiB
127% significantly more L3 cache
33 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

88th of 1,126
99th of 1,126

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Core i7 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August
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

No
Yes

Core i9-7980XE vs Core i7-14700T comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-7980XE performs better than the Core i7-14700T. Despite this, the Core i7-14700T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-14700T has slightly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Core i9-7980XE has 18 cores. Despite this, the Core i9-7980XE has more threads than the Core i7-14700T. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-7980XE has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-14700T. Despite this, the Core i7-14700T has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i9-7980XE has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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