AMD Ryzen 9 9950X vs Intel Core i7 14700

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, vs Intel Core i7 14700. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and Intel Core i7 14700
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 9950X
2243
Intel Core i7 14700
2106
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
42103
Intel Core i7 14700
32772
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
137
Intel Core i7 14700
123
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
2289
Intel Core i7 14700
1243
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
4743
Intel Core i7 14700
4264
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
66288
Intel Core i7 14700
41868
Integer Math242.9 GOps/s160 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math159.5 GOps/s110.8 GOps/s
Prime Number Search345 M primes/s171 M primes/s
Random String Sort95 M strings/s56.4 M strings/s
Data Encryption44.6 GB/s30.8 GB/s
Data Compression901 MB/s519.5 MB/s
Physics3293 frames/s2338 frames/s
Extended Instructions719 M matrices/s297 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
3418
Intel Core i7 14700
2786
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
21758
Intel Core i7 14700
18135
File Compression1710 MB/s1530 MB/s
Clang Compilation226 KLines/s167.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser391.9 pages/s434.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering586.8 MP/sec445 MP/sec
Text Processing351.6 pages/s285 pages/s
Background Blur84.3 frames/s69.3 frames/s
Photo Processing144.4 frames/s145.1 frames/s
Ray Tracing55.7 MP/sec38.3 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
598.37
Intel Core i7 14700
377.2

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 128 PPW 279 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 389.9 PPW 644.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 13.5 PPW 19.1 PPW
Blender / W 3.52 PPW 5.8 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced June, 3, 2024 January, 9, 2024
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number 9950X i7-14700
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics UHD Graphics 770

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 16 8
Threads 32 16
Frequency 4.3 GHz 2.1 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.7 GHz 5.4 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a12
Threadsn/a12
Frequencyn/a1.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a4.2 GHz
General
Cores count1620
Threads count3228
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier43x21x
L1 cache80 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core2000 KB/core
L3 Cache64 MB total33 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 170 W 65 W
Max TDP (Boost) 230 W 219 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

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 9 9950X the clear winner in this comparison.

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