AMD Ryzen 9 9900X vs Intel Core i7 14700KF

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X, vs Intel Core i7 14700KF. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X and Intel Core i7 14700KF
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 9 9900X
2232
Intel Core i7 14700KF
2160
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
33042
Intel Core i7 14700KF
35265
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
134
Intel Core i7 14700KF
124
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
1740
Intel Core i7 14700KF
1770
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
4682
Intel Core i7 14700KF
4497
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
54814
Intel Core i7 14700KF
53203
Integer Math181.6 GOps/s184.6 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math120.4 GOps/s135.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Search433 M primes/s220 M primes/s
Random String Sort72.5 M strings/s75.5 M strings/s
Data Encryption33.5 GB/s40.6 GB/s
Data Compression686.1 MB/s705.2 MB/s
Physics3397 frames/s3103 frames/s
Extended Instructions554 M matrices/s411 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
3340
Intel Core i7 14700KF
3040
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
19543
Intel Core i7 14700KF
21289
File Compression1510 MB/s1610 MB/s
Clang Compilation191.4 KLines/s191.2 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser361.8 pages/s537.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering534 MP/sec591.4 MP/sec
Text Processing350.5 pages/s301.2 pages/s
Background Blur82.7 frames/s80.3 frames/s
Photo Processing118.4 frames/s180.7 frames/s
Ray Tracing45.5 MP/sec45.2 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
454.53
Intel Core i7 14700KF
443.09

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 162.9 PPW 170.3 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 456.8 PPW 425.6 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 14.5 PPW 14.2 PPW
Blender / W 3.79 PPW 3.54 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced June, 3, 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 i7-14700KF
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 12 8
Threads 24 16
Frequency 4.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.6 GHz 5.6 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a12
Threadsn/a12
Frequencyn/a2.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a4.3 GHz
General
Cores count1220
Threads count2428
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier44x34x
L1 cache80 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core2000 KB/core
L3 Cache64 MB total33 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 120 W 125 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 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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