AMD Ryzen 7 7700X vs Intel Core i7-14700HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10008 points
10176 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12170 points
11% slightly better gaming score
10959 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9291 points
9972 points
7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9088 points
10002 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

281.95 points
307.50 points
9% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15466 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
13460 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2977 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2505 points

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

4.50 GHz
114% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
5.5 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
28 MiB
250% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
33 MiB
3% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

89th of 1,089
82nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Core i7 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 September
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 7700X vs Core i7-14700HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14700HX beats the Ryzen 7 7700X in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-14700HX has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 7700X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7700X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14700HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-14700HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 7700X. The Core i7-14700HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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