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

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel Core i9 (14th gen) 24 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 314.49
$ 278.00 significantly less expensive
$ 592.49

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

13554 points
17932 points
32% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13457 points
17174 points
27% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13583 points
18250 points
34% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13587 points
18506 points
36% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12798 points
16117 points
25% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

412.82 points
515.80 points
24% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

17750 points
23144 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2946 points
3237 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
24
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
Identical
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.7 GHz
46% significantly higher clock speed
3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
6.2 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

24
20% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
192 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
32 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache
36 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

36th of 1,089
3rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Core i9 (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
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 9 7900X vs Core i9-14900KS comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-14900KS 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-14900KS has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7900X that has 12 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900KS. Despite this, the Core i9-14900KS has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i9-14900KS 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 i9-14900KS.

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

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