AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Intel Core i7-14700KF

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 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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Price

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$ 399.61
$ 357.07
$ 42.54 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7330 points
15158 points
106% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8934 points
15326 points
71% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6792 points
15160 points
123% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6640 points
15291 points
130% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7297 points
14250 points
95% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.61 points
442.38 points
111% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11047 points
19170 points
73% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2117 points
2961 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
20
150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
28
75% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.40 GHz
0.03% slightly higher clock speed
3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
5.6 GHz
24% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
28 MiB
599% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

96 MiB
190% significantly more L3 cache
33 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

173rd of 1,092
21st of 1,092

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Core i7 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 April
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Core i7-14700KF specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14700KF beats the Ryzen 7 5800X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800X3D 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 7 5800X3D that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-14700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-14700KF has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14700KF.

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 5800X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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