AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs Intel Core i7-14700HX

Ryzen 7 1800X vs Core i7-14700HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14700HX beats the Ryzen 7 1800X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 1800X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 1800X. Indeed, the Core i7-14700HX has 20 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 1800X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 1800X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14700HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14700HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 1800X. The Core i7-14700HX also has significantly 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 7 1800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.