AMD Ryzen 7 7700 vs Intel Core i7-14650HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 16 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

10741 points
10831 points
0.84% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12741 points
1% slightly better gaming score
12542 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10051 points
10318 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9837 points
10235 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8548 points
9829 points
14% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

266.15 points
278.01 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14835 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
12989 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2879 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2416 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz
72% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed
5.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
24 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
6% slightly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

74th of 1,089
72nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Core i7 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 January
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 7 7700 vs Core i7-14650HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7700 beats the Core i7-14650HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14650HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-14650HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 7700 that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7700. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7700 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-14650HX. Also, the Ryzen 7 7700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14650HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 7700. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7700 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14650HX.

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 7700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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