AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Core i7-14700

Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Core i7-14700 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X is faster 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 Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has slightly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i7-14700 that has 20 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-14700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700. Despite this, the Core i7-14700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14700 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14700.

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 3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.