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Intel Core i7 14700F vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

72 out of 100
Intel Core i7 14700F
VS
63 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Intel Core i7 14700F
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i7 14700F with 20-cores against the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5950X with 16-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
72.1
(Good)
Value Index
40.4
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5950X and 14700F
Advantages of Intel Core i7 14700F
  • Newer - released 3 years and 3 months later
  • Around 41.92 GB/s (88%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 23% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2810 vs 2276 points
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 31 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 14700F
vs
Ryzen 9 5950X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 14700F +10%
1609
Ryzen 9 5950X
1464
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 464
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 5693
Cinebench Scores (58th and 76th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i7 14700F +23%
2810
Ryzen 9 5950X
2276
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 14700F +45%
18405
Ryzen 9 5950X
12728
File compression 1340 MB/sec 1120 MB/sec
Clang compilation 184.1 Klines/sec 147.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 414 pages/sec 224.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 515.6 Mpixels/sec 372.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 285.3 pages/sec 222.5 pages/sec
Background blur 73.6 images/sec 28.4 images/sec
Photo processing 143.7 images/sec 85 images/sec
Ray tracing 43.2 Mpixels/sec 38.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 396 & 741 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 14700F +22%
4255
Ryzen 9 5950X
3476
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 14700F
41314
Ryzen 9 5950X +10%
45260
Integer math 155.8 GOps/sec 183.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 107 GOps/sec 100.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 176M Primes/sec 223M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 55.9M Strings/sec 64.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 30.2 GBytes/sec 39.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 506.1 MBytes/sec 622.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 2454 Frames/sec 1854 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.6B Matrices/sec 40.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4585 & 19398 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 14700F
306.54
Ryzen 9 5950X +35%
413.83

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.8 PPW 13.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 283.2 PPW 121.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 635.6 PPW 431 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.72 PPW 3.94 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 14700F
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-25 (cookie)Cinebench 2026627 / 4842
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-29 -> sig_mayukhGeekBench2762 / 19181
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-09 (Raptor)Cinebench 2024121 / 976
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-12 (Ivo)Cinebench 2024123 / 1235
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-08 (RedxVisions)Cinebench 2024124 / 1804
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-12 (stream pc)Cinebench 2026456 / 4979
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (DDD)Cinebench 2026464 / 5693
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-04 (PhillyBass)GeekBench2259 / 12745
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-04 (PhillyBass)Cinebench 202499 / 1448
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-07 (C0d3M0nk3y)Cinebench 202497 / 1451
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 14700F and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 9, 2024 October 8, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number i7-14700F -
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7700 - Intel Core i9 11900K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265F - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Intel CPU rating (#37th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#51st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 16
P-Threads 16 32
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 -
E-Threads 12 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.2 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 20 16
Total Threads 28 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 34x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 33MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 4.15 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 219 W 142 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM4
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (47th and 72nd place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 14700F official page AMD Ryzen 9 5950X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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