Intel Core i7 14700K vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 14700K with 20-cores against the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
68.7
(Good)
Value Index
13.6
(Bad)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5800X3D and 14700K
Advantages of Intel Core i7 14700K
  • Has 12 more physical cores
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Around 38.4 GB/s (75%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer - released 1 year and 7 months later
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • 43% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3012 vs 2113 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 24% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.6 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
  • Has 63 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

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 668 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 7576 -
Cinebench Scores (#36th place)

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)
20262
File compression 1620 MB/sec 1240 MB/sec
Clang compilation 189.2 Klines/sec 80.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 483.7 pages/sec 227.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 547.2 Mpixels/sec 316.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 301.5 pages/sec 205.9 pages/sec
Background blur 76.9 images/sec 54.7 images/sec
Photo processing 169.1 images/sec 81.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 43.2 Mpixels/sec 19.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1105 & 700 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
51950
Integer math 181.7 GOps/sec 88.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 133.3 GOps/sec 50.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 210M Primes/sec 230M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 74.5M Strings/sec 33.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 39.8 GBytes/sec 20.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 688.3 MBytes/sec 329.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 2925 Frames/sec 2875 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 40.2B Matrices/sec 22.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 8587 & 11489 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
450.16

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.9 PPW 7.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 162.1 PPW 106.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 415.6 PPW 269.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.6 PPW 2.02 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 14700K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-02 (Harley)Cinebench 2026668 / 7576
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-10 (Lonewulf32)Cinebench 2024138 / 2162
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-05 (MrCoffee)Cinebench 2024124 / 1873
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-24 (MiMi)Cinebench 2024128 / 1892
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-15 (AdKraemer)Cinebench 2024122 / 1978
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-29 (3Dawe)Cinebench 202492 / 858
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 -> vermilixnCinebench 202494 / 911
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 (vermilixn)Cinebench 202494 / 911
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-02 (Homer35)Cinebench 202494 / 901
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (masuzo)Cinebench 202490 / 808

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 14700K and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released October 16, 2023 March 15, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number i7-14700K -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7700X - Intel Core i7 12700K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Intel CPU rating (#16th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#103rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 -
E-Threads 12 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.5 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 20 8
Total Threads 28 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 34x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 33MB (shared) 96MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 253 W -
Socket LGA-1700 AM4
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 90Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (25th and 101st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1600 MHz -
Shading Units 256 -
TMUs 16 -
ROPs 8 -
Execution Units 32 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- DDR4-3200
- DDR4-2933
- DDR4-2667
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 14700K official page AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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