AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core i7-14700F

Ryzen 9 7900X vs Core i7-14700F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7900X beats the Core i7-14700F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700F has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7900X. Indeed, the Core i7-14700F has 20 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7900X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7900X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700F. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-14700F has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14700F.

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 9 7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.