i7-14700K vs Ryzen 9 7945HX

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 9 7945HX
2023
16 cores / 32 threads, 55 Watt
34.42
+2.8%
Core i7-14700K
2023
20 cores / 28 threads, 125 Watt
33.49

Ryzen 9 7945HX outperforms Core i7-14700K by a minimal 3% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 7945HX and Core i7-14700K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking111116
Place by popularitynot in top-10088
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data100.00
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Power efficiency59.2325.36
Architecture codenameDragon Range-HX (Zen 4) (2023−2024)Raptor Lake-R (2023−2024)
Release date4 January 2023 (1 year ago)17 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$319

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 7945HX and Core i7-14700K basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads3228
Base clock speed2.5 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed5.4 GHz5.6 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache64 MB (shared)33 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyCCD = 5 nm, I/O = 6 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size2x 71 mm2257 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Number of transistors13,140 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 7945HX and Core i7-14700K compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFL1FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 7945HX and Core i7-14700K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
SIPP-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 9 7945HX and Core i7-14700K technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 7945HX and Core i7-14700K are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 7945HX and Core i7-14700K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data192 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data89.6 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 610M (400 - 2200 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 770
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.6 GHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 9 7945HX and Core i7-14700K integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 9 7945HX and Core i7-14700K integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 9 7945HX and Core i7-14700K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 7945HX and Core i7-14700K.

PCIe version5.05.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes2816

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 34.42
+2.8%
i7-14700K 33.49

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 54668
+2.8%
i7-14700K 53199

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 2736
i7-14700K 2940
+7.5%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 15895
i7-14700K 19074
+20%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 8462
i7-14700K 11886
+40.5%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 71611
i7-14700K 91124
+27.2%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 19820
+22.3%
i7-14700K 16203

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 1.99
+10.6%
i7-14700K 2.2

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 62
+6.4%
i7-14700K 58

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 5521
+9.7%
i7-14700K 5035

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 308
i7-14700K 314
+1.8%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 3.65
i7-14700K 3.74
+2.5%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 27.7
+27.1%
i7-14700K 21.8

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 14532
+13.4%
i7-14700K 12813

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 9 7945HX 236
i7-14700K 243
+3.3%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 9 7945HX 369
i7-14700K 406
+10.2%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 7945HX 19802
i7-14700K 21565
+8.9%

Blender(-)

Ryzen 9 7945HX 94
i7-14700K 100
+6.4%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 9 7945HX 2124
+0.8%
i7-14700K 2107

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 9 7945HX 7381
+2.6%
i7-14700K 7196

7-Zip

Ryzen 9 7945HX 140471
+11.1%
i7-14700K 126436

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 9 7945HX 351
+8%
i7-14700K 325

CrossMark Overall

Ryzen 9 7945HX 2058
i7-14700K 2241
+8.9%

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Ryzen 9 7945HX 292
i7-14700K 309
+5.8%

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ryzen 9 7945HX 149
i7-14700K 182
+21.8%

Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 7945HX 16765
i7-14700K 19147
+14.2%

Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core

Ryzen 9 7945HX 2880
i7-14700K 2922
+1.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 34.42 33.49
Integrated graphics card 2.85 6.16
Recency 4 January 2023 17 October 2023
Physical cores 16 20
Threads 32 28
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 125 Watt

Ryzen 9 7945HX has a 2.8% higher aggregate performance score, 14.3% more threads, and 127.3% lower power consumption.

i7-14700K, on the other hand, has 116.1% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 9 months, and 25% more physical cores.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Ryzen 9 7945HX and Core i7-14700K.

Be aware that Ryzen 9 7945HX is a notebook processor while Core i7-14700K is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 9 7945HX and Core i7-14700K, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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