AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Intel Core i7-14700

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 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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Intel Core i7-14700

Price

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$ 447.36

$ 398.96

$ 48.40 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

16669 points

42% slightly better overall score

11732 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14068 points

6% slightly better gaming score

13191 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

17588 points

55% significantly better multitasking score

11333 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

17965 points

58% significantly better heavy workload score

11315 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

15917 points

28% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

12400 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

568.01 points

93% significantly higher Blender score

293.94 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19297 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

15696 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2976 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2720 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

14% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.5 GHz

114% significantly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.7 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

5.4 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

16 MiB

28 MiB

75% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB

93% significantly more L3 cache

33 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

11th of 1,089

55th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 9 7950X vs Core i7-14700 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7950X performs better than the Core i7-14700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-14700 has slightly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 7950X has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X has more threads than the Core i7-14700. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7950X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700. Also, the Ryzen 9 7950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-14700 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14700.

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 7950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.