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Intel Core i9 14900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

86 out of 100
Intel Core i9 14900K
VS
81 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
Intel Core i9 14900K
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Intel Core i9 14900K with 24-cores against the 4.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 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 (3)

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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VS
62.2
(Average)
Value Index
27.0
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7950X3D and 14900K
Advantages of Intel Core i9 14900K
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 9 months later
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics 770 integrated graphics: 0.8 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • More than 11Β° C higher critical temperature
  • 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 7950X3D
  • Has 92 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 14900K
vs
Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (16th and 25th 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 +19%
22629
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
19043
File compression 1940 MB/sec 1550 MB/sec
Clang compilation 194.6 Klines/sec 228.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 589.2 pages/sec 353.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 638.4 Mpixels/sec 482.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 318.7 pages/sec 303.7 pages/sec
Background blur 71.7 images/sec 68.3 images/sec
Photo processing 191.6 images/sec 117.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 41.7 Mpixels/sec 54.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 644 & 562 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 209.3 GOps/sec 213.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 152.1 GOps/sec 130.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 228M Primes/sec 492M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 86.6M Strings/sec 93.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 46.5 GBytes/sec 47 GBytes/sec
Data compression 785.8 MBytes/sec 783.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 3098 Frames/sec 5047 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 44.7B Matrices/sec 58.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 13248 & 6573 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 7950X3D +5%
539.45

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.7 PPW 16.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 181 PPW 158.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 466 PPW 519.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.1 PPW 4.5 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 7950X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-03 (TheDude)Cinebench 2024109 / 1803
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-23 (HermesGrey)GeekBench2723 / 17081
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-28 (JenXay)Cinebench 2024117 / 2062
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-08 (Jacob Newman)Cinebench 2024113 / 1958
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-19 (Ph1ps)Cinebench 2024111 / 2735
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 14900K and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released October 16, 2023 January 4, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number i9-14900K 7950X3D
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 9950X3D
Intel CPU rating (#6th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#12th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 16
P-Threads 16 32
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 4.2 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 42x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 128MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 13.1 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 120 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 253 W 162 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM5
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 89Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (12th and 22nd 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 7950X3D
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 7950X3D official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D or Intel Core i9 14900K?
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SZR November 28, 2024 at 08:40 AM
i9 14900k is a better CPU and stability is OK Never Use amd....
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galaktik August 19, 2024 at 10:10 AM
i9 14900k is a better CPU, but it has stability issues.
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anon666 July 15, 2024 at 05:34 PM
The Intel Core i9 14900K has stability issues! Use AMD instead!!
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