Ryzen 5 7500X3D vs Core i9-14900

Compare the Ryzen 5 7500X3D and Core i9-14900 on real gaming and productivity benchmarks, full specifications, live retailer prices and performance-per-dollar, then jump straight to the cheapest in-stock option.

Ryzen 5 7500X3D
From$269.80
Buy
Core i9-14900
From$628.58
Buy

The short answer

The Ryzen 5 7500X3D is the better value, though the Core i9-14900 is the faster gaming chip.

  • Gaming performance is effectively a wash at 1080p (index 79.0 vs 78.2); at 1440p and 4K the GPU sets the frame rate, so the gap shrinks further.
  • Core i9-14900 is roughly 78% faster in multi-core work, an edge in rendering, encoding and compiling.
  • Ryzen 5 7500X3D is the cheaper chip right now, by roughly 133%.
  • Ryzen 5 7500X3D delivers about 135% more gaming performance per dollar.
  • Core i9-14900 has more cores (24C/32T vs 6C/12T), which helps in heavily threaded workloads.

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.

Ryzen 5 7500X3D79.0
Core i9-1490078.2

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.

Ryzen 5 7500X3D29.3 / $100
Core i9-1490012.4 / $100

The Ryzen 5 7500X3D gives about 135% more gaming performance per dollar at today’s prices.

Full platform cost

A CPU’s real cost includes the cheapest in-stock motherboard that can run it and, when the chip doesn’t bundle one, a cooler that can handle it. Here is the lowest-priced complete platform for each, and the gaming performance you get per platform dollar.

Ryzen 5 7500X3D
Ryzen 5 7500X3D$269.80
+ A620M S2H$79.99
+ Assassin X 120 Refined SE RGB V2$16.59
Platform total
$366.38
Core i9-14900
Core i9-14900$628.58
+ B760M PG Riptide WiFi$119.99
+ Assassin X 120 Refined SE RGB V2$16.59
Platform total
$765.16

Cheapest complete platform (lower is better)

Ryzen 5 7500X3D$366.38
Core i9-14900$765.16

Gaming performance per platform dollar (higher is better)

Ryzen 5 7500X3D21.6 / $100
Core i9-1490010.2 / $100

Specs head-to-head

Ryzen 5 7500X3D
Core i9-14900
Price (from)
$269.80
$628.58
Gaming (1080p index)
79.0
78.2
Cores / threads
6 / 12
24 / 32
Cores (P + E)
6P
8P + 16E
Boost clock
4.5 GHz
5.8 GHz
Base clock
4.0 GHz
2.0 GHz
L3 cache
96 MB
36 MB
L2 cache
6 MB
32 MB
TDP
65W
65W
Max power
88W
219W
Socket
AM5
LGA1700
Memory support
DDR5, 5200
DDR5, 5600; DDR4, 3200
Integrated graphics
Radeon Graphics
Intel UHD 770
Architecture
Zen 4
Raptor Lake
Process node
TSMC N5
Intel 7
MSRP
$999.00
$549.00

Productivity & compute

Ryzen 5 7500X3D
Core i9-14900
PassMark (multi-core)
25,057
44,566
PassMark (single-thread)
3,495
4,324

Efficiency

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

Ryzen 5 7500X3D121.5
Core i9-14900120.3

Where to buy

Ryzen 5 7500X3Dfrom $269.80
RetailerAvailabilityPriceBuy
AmazonIn stock$269.80
Buy
Core i9-14900from $628.58
RetailerAvailabilityPriceBuy
AmazonIn stock$628.58
Buy

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