AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Intel Core i7 14700K

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, vs Intel Core i7 14700K. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Intel Core i7 14700K
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
2073
Intel Core i7 14700K
2072
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
23334
Intel Core i7 14700K
34895
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
132
Intel Core i7 14700K
124
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
1322
Intel Core i7 14700K
1843
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
4434
Intel Core i7 14700K
4478
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
40068
Intel Core i7 14700K
52711
Integer Math116.8 GOps/s183.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math79.5 GOps/s134.7 GOps/s
Prime Number Search426 M primes/s215 M primes/s
Random String Sort48.7 M strings/s74.9 M strings/s
Data Encryption22.2 GB/s40.3 GB/s
Data Compression468.5 MB/s700.1 MB/s
Physics4093 frames/s3005 frames/s
Extended Instructions388 M matrices/s409 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
3315
Intel Core i7 14700K
3012
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
18350
Intel Core i7 14700K
20262
File Compression1730 MB/s1620 MB/s
Clang Compilation140.3 KLines/s189.2 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser356.9 pages/s483.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering509 MP/sec547.2 MP/sec
Text Processing337 pages/s301.5 pages/s
Background Blur90.4 frames/s76.9 frames/s
Photo Processing135.2 frames/s169.1 frames/s
Ray Tracing29.1 MP/sec43.2 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
321.39
Intel Core i7 14700K
450.16

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 152.9 PPW 162.1 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 333.9 PPW 421.7 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 11 PPW 14.7 PPW
Blender / W 2.68 PPW 3.6 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced October, 31, 2024 October, 16, 2023
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number n/a i7-14700K
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics UHD Graphics 770

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 8
Threads 16 16
Frequency 4.7 GHz 3.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.2 GHz 5.6 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a12
Threadsn/a12
Frequencyn/a2.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a4.3 GHz
General
Cores count820
Threads count1628
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier47x34x
L1 cache80 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core2000 KB/core
L3 Cache96 MB total33 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 120 W 125 W
Max TDP (Boost) 162 W 253 W
Socket AM5 LGA-1700
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5600 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max Size 192 GB 192 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 89.6 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 20

Results

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Survey

Which CPU would you pick?
1 (12.5%)
7 (87.5%)
Total Votes: 8

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