AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i7-14650HX

Ryzen 9 3950X vs Core i7-14650HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 3950X beats the Core i7-14650HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-14650HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 9 3950X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14650HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14650HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 3950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14650HX.

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 9 3950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.