AMD Ryzen 5 7600X vs Intel Core i7-14700KF

Ryzen 5 7600X vs Core i7-14700KF benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14700KF beats the Ryzen 5 7600X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7600X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-14700KF has significantly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-14700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14700KF has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 7600X. The Core i7-14700KF also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 Ryzen 5 7600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.