AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Intel Core i7-14650HX

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series 24 core CPU vs Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9951 points
10831 points
8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7212 points
12542 points
73% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11058 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
10318 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11834 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score
10235 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

397.75 points
43% significantly higher Blender score
278.01 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7241 points
12989 points
79% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1240 points
2416 points
94% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
49% significantly more cores
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

48
100% significantly more threads
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
36% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
5.2 GHz
23% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
24 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
113% significantly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

91st of 1,089
72nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series
Core i7 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Core i7-14650HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-14650HX is faster than the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core i7-14650HX has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-14650HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-14650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14650HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-14650HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14650HX.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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