Core i7-14700 vs Ryzen 7 5800X3D

Compare the Core i7-14700 and Ryzen 7 5800X3D on real gaming and productivity benchmarks, full specifications, live retailer prices and performance-per-dollar, then jump straight to the cheapest in-stock option.

Core i7-14700
From$407.80
Buy
Ryzen 7 5800X3D
From$365.00
Buy

The short answer

The Core i7-14700 is the faster chip for gaming, with the two closely matched on price-to-performance.

  • Core i7-14700 is about 7% faster for gaming at 1080p (gaming index 72.3 vs 67.6).
  • Core i7-14700 is roughly 44% faster in multi-core work, an edge in rendering, encoding and compiling.
  • Ryzen 7 5800X3D is the cheaper chip right now, by roughly 12%.
  • Ryzen 7 5800X3D delivers about 4% more gaming performance per dollar.
  • Core i7-14700 has more cores (20C/28T vs 8C/16T), which helps in heavily threaded workloads.
  • Core i7-14700 has a lower TDP (65W vs 105W), so it runs cooler and is easier to cool quietly.

Gaming performance

CPU-bound gaming score: a geometric mean of in-game frame rates at 1080p, normalized so the fastest gaming CPU we track = 100.

Core i7-1470072.3
Ryzen 7 5800X3D67.6

Does the CPU matter at 1440p or 4K? Much less. At higher resolutions the graphics card sets the frame rate, so the gap between two CPUs shrinks — often to nothing. The 1080p figure above is the demanding case, where the CPU is stressed and the difference actually shows.

Performance per dollar

Gaming index divided by the current lowest price — higher is better value. This moves with the market as prices change day to day.

Core i7-1470017.7 / $100
Ryzen 7 5800X3D18.5 / $100

The Ryzen 7 5800X3D gives about 4% more gaming performance per dollar at today’s prices.

Full platform cost

A complete-platform price needs a live CPU price and an in-stock compatible motherboard on both sides. We can’t build one for Ryzen 7 5800X3D right now, which is common for older sockets like AM4 where we don’t track current boards. The gaming, value and specs comparisons still apply.

Specs head-to-head

Core i7-14700
Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Price (from)
$407.80
$365.00
Gaming (1080p index)
72.3
67.6
Cores / threads
20 / 28
8 / 16
Cores (P + E)
8P + 12E
8P
Boost clock
5.4 GHz
4.5 GHz
Base clock
2.1 GHz
3.4 GHz
L3 cache
33 MB
96 MB
L2 cache
28 MB
4 MB
TDP
65W
105W
Max power
219W
142W
Socket
LGA1700
AM4
Memory support
DDR5, 5600; DDR4, 3200
DDR4, 3200
Integrated graphics
UHD Graphics 770
None
Architecture
Raptor Lake
Zen 3
Process node
Intel 7
TSMC N7
MSRP
$384.00
$449.00

Productivity & compute

Core i7-14700
Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Geekbench 7 (multi-core)
16,909
11,778
Geekbench 7 (single-core)
2,400
2,019
Cinebench R23 (multi-core)
33,441
15,125
Cinebench R23 (single-core)
2,109
1,475

Efficiency

Gaming performance per watt (gaming index per 100W of TDP) — higher means more frames for the heat and power.

Core i7-14700111.2
Ryzen 7 5800X3D64.4

Where to buy

Ryzen 7 5800X3Dfrom $365.00
RetailerAvailabilityPriceBuy
AmazonIn stock$365.00
Buy
Core i7-14700from $407.80
RetailerAvailabilityPriceBuy
NeweggIn stock$407.80
Buy

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