AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX vs Intel Core i7-14650HX

Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX vs Core i7-14650HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX is faster than the Core i7-14650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14650HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more cores with 32 cores whereas the Core i7-14650HX has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-14650HX. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14650HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14650HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14650HX.

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 Threadripper 2990WX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.