AMD Ryzen 7 7700X vs Intel Core i5-14600KF

Ryzen 7 7700X vs Core i5-14600KF comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-14600KF performs better than the Ryzen 7 7700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7700X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-14600KF has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 7700X. Indeed, the Core i5-14600KF has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 7700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7700X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14600KF. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 7 7700X also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.