AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i5-14400F

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Core i5-14400F specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-14400F performs better than the Ryzen 7 3700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 3700X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-14400F has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 3700X has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14400F. Despite this, the Core i5-14400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-14400F has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 3700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3700X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-14400F.

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 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.