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
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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| Integer Math | 242.9 GOps/s | 160 GOps/s |
| Floating-Point Math | 159.5 GOps/s | 110.8 GOps/s |
| Prime Number Search | 345 M primes/s | 171 M primes/s |
| Random String Sort | 95 M strings/s | 56.4 M strings/s |
| Data Encryption | 44.6 GB/s | 30.8 GB/s |
| Data Compression | 901 MB/s | 519.5 MB/s |
| Physics | 3293 frames/s | 2338 frames/s |
| Extended Instructions | 719 M matrices/s | 297 M matrices/s |
| File Compression | 1710 MB/s | 1530 MB/s |
| Clang Compilation | 226 KLines/s | 167.5 KLines/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 391.9 pages/s | 434.5 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 586.8 MP/sec | 445 MP/sec |
| Text Processing | 351.6 pages/s | 285 pages/s |
| Background Blur | 84.3 frames/s | 69.3 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 144.4 frames/s | 145.1 frames/s |
| Ray Tracing | 55.7 MP/sec | 38.3 MP/sec |
Blender
Performance/Watt
| 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
| Cores | 16 | 8 |
| Threads | 32 | 16 |
| Frequency | 4.3 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | 5.7 GHz | 5.4 GHz |
| Cores | n/a | 12 |
| Threads | n/a | 12 |
| Frequency | n/a | 1.5 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | n/a | 4.2 GHz |
| Cores count | 16 | 20 |
| Threads count | 32 | 28 |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 43x | 21x |
| L1 cache | 80 KB/core | 80 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 1000 KB/core | 2000 KB/core |
| L3 Cache | 64 MB total | 33 MB total |
| Unlocked multiplier | Yes | No |
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.
Survey
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