AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Intel Core i7-14700

Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Core i7-14700 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7950X3D performs better than the Core i7-14700. Despite this, the Core i7-14700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-14700 has slightly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7950X3D that has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has more threads than the Core i7-14700. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-14700. Also, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-14700 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D 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 7950X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.