AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Intel Core i9-14900F

Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Core i9-14900F specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-14900F beats the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has slightly more cores with 32 cores compared to the Core i9-14900F that has 24 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-14900F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900F. In terms of cache, the Core i9-14900F has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-14900F.

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.