AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Intel Core i7-14700KF

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 32 core CPU vs Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 1699.99
$ 357.07
$ 1342.92 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

15743 points
3% slightly better overall score
15150 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9436 points
15322 points
62% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

18087 points
19% slightly better multitasking score
15151 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

19374 points
26% slightly better heavy workload score
15281 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16764 points
17% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
14250 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

694.97 points
57% significantly higher Blender score
442.38 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13763 points
19170 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1662 points
2961 points
78% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

32
60% significantly more cores
20

Threads

Number of logical processing units

64
128% significantly more threads
28

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed
3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
5.6 GHz
24% 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

16 MiB
28 MiB
75% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

128 MiB
287% significantly more L3 cache
33 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

20th of 1,089
22nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
Core i7 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2023 November

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 3970X vs Core i7-14700KF comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-14700KF is faster than the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-14700KF. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has 32 cores compared to 20 cores found in the Core i7-14700KF. It also has more threads than the Core i7-14700KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-14700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-14700KF has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14700KF.

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 3970X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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