AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core i9-14900KF

Ryzen 9 7900X vs Core i9-14900KF benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-14900KF is faster than the Ryzen 9 7900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7900X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-14900KF has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7900X. Indeed, the Core i9-14900KF has 24 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7900X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7900X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900KF. In terms of cache, the Core i9-14900KF has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 7900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-14900KF.

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.