Intel Core i9-14900KF vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X

Last updated: 2024-02-22

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i9-14900KF		AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
CPU comparison Intel Core i9-14900KF or AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Intel Core i9-14900KF has 24 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 6.00 GHz. Up to 192 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-14900KF was released in Q4/2023. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X was released in Q3/2017.

Intel Core i9 (78)	Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (13)
Intel Core i 14000 (23)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1000 (3)
14	Generation	1
Raptor Lake S Refresh	Architecture	Whitehaven (Zen)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
Intel Core i9-13900KF	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i9-14900KF is a 24 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (6.00 GHz). The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.80 GHz (4.00 GHz).
Intel Core i9-14900KF	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
24	Cores	8
32	Threads	16
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	Yes
3.20 GHz (6.00 GHz) 8x Raptor Cove	A-Core	3.80 GHz (4.00 GHz)
2.40 GHz (4.40 GHz) 16x Gracemont	B-Core	--
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Core i9-14900KF	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
no iGPU	GPU	no iGPU
	GPU frequency	--
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
--	GPU Generation	--
	Technology
	Max. displays
--	Compute units	--
--	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	--
--	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU	GPU	no iGPU
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
No	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	No
No	Codec VC-1	No
No	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i9-14900KF supports a maximum of 192 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X can connect up to GB of memory in 4 memory channels.
Intel Core i9-14900KF	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200	Memory	DDR4-2666
192 GB	Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	4 (Quad Channel)
89.6 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	85.4 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
32.00 MB	L2 Cache	4.00 MB
36.00 MB	L3 Cache	16.00 MB
5.0	PCIe version	3.0
20	PCIe lanes	64
78.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	63.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i9-14900KF has a TDP of 125 W, that of the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X is 180 W.
Intel Core i9-14900KF	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
125 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	180 W
253 W	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Core i9-14900KF has a 68.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X cache has a total of 20.00 MB.
Intel Core i9-14900KF	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
10 nm	Technology	14 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 1700	Socket	TR4 (SP3r2)
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2023	Release date	Q3/2017
--	Release price	549 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i9-14900KF (100%)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X (38%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i9-14900KF (100%)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X (27%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz	2412 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	986 (41%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	26972 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	6909 (26%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz	3289 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	1136 (35%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	23051 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	5703 (25%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	59388 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	17040 (29%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz	139 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz	2177 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz	2358 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	38712 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	403 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	3678 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	215.1 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	4699 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	168 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	1709 (100%)

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