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Intel Core i9 14900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

86 out of 100
Intel Core i9 14900K
VS
85 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Intel Core i9 14900K
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Intel Core i9 14900K with 24-cores against the 4.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 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
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
62.2
(Average)
Value Index
29.9
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7950X and 14900K
Advantages of Intel Core i9 14900K
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics 770 integrated graphics: 0.8 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (6 GHz vs 5.7 GHz)
  • Around 6.4 GB/s (8%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 28 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 14900K
vs
Ryzen 9 7950X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 679
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 8943
Cinebench Scores (16th and 17th 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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 14900K +6%
22629
Ryzen 9 7950X
21401
File compression 1940 MB/sec 1960 MB/sec
Clang compilation 194.6 Klines/sec 211.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 589.2 pages/sec 414.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 638.4 Mpixels/sec 540.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 318.7 pages/sec 304.8 pages/sec
Background blur 71.7 images/sec 78.9 images/sec
Photo processing 191.6 images/sec 148.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 41.7 Mpixels/sec 46.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 644 & 1055 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i9 14900K +10%
4691
Ryzen 9 7950X
4252
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 14900K
58245
Ryzen 9 7950X +7%
62139
Integer math 209.3 GOps/sec 224.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 152.1 GOps/sec 137.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 228M Primes/sec 333M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 86.6M Strings/sec 98.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 46.5 GBytes/sec 49.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 785.8 MBytes/sec 831.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 3098 Frames/sec 3073 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 44.7B Matrices/sec 61.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 13248 & 8748 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 14900K
512.57
Ryzen 9 7950X +12%
576.1

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.7 PPW 12.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 181 PPW 125.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 466 PPW 365.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.1 PPW 3.39 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 i9 14900K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-24 (Tanvir)Cinebench 2024129 / 2086
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-31 (Kreuz)Cinebench 2024128 / 1976
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-15 (Lil-Shady)Cinebench 2024136 / 2103
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-10 (Astromavic)Cinebench 2024134 / 1989
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-14 (cinebench251114)Cinebench 2024134 / 2114
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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-25 (Leandro Irgang)Cinebench 2026679 / 8943
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-25 (VikTOR)Cinebench 2024125 / 2213
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-07 (Gerard)Cinebench 2026627 / 8337
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-17 (RipePipe)Cinebench 2024118 / 1956
πŸ“˜ 2024-11-28 (Mirage_Tahmid)Cinebench 2024118 / 1966
Add View all (10)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 14900K and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released October 16, 2023 August 29, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number i9-14900K -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Intel Core i9 13900K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Intel CPU rating (#6th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 16
P-Threads 16 32
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 4.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 6 GHz 5.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 -
E-Threads 16 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.4 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 24 16
Total Threads 32 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 32x 45x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 13.1 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 170 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 253 W 230 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM5
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (12th and 17th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1650 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 256 128
TMUs 16 8
ROPs 8 4
Execution Units 32 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 14900K +33%
0.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 7950X
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) compared to UHD Graphics 770

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 83.2 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 14900K official page AMD Ryzen 9 7950X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Comments

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