AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Intel Core i7-14700F

Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Core i7-14700F specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D beats the Core i7-14700F in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-14700F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-14700F 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 i7-14700F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700F. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14700F has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14700F.

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.