AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Intel Core i9-14900HX

Ryzen 9 7950X vs Core i9-14900HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7950X beats the Core i9-14900HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-14900HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-14900HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7950X. Indeed, the Core i9-14900HX has 24 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7950X. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 7950X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-14900HX. Despite this, the Core i9-14900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i9-14900HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 7950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-14900HX.

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.