Core i7-14700HX vs Core i9-10900F

Short answer: which is best?

Core i7-14700HX is 14.7 % stronger than Core i9-10900F. Core i7-14700HX ranks #26 of 104 measured processors at WhatFPS (10,701 CPU score in its best run — best of 3 rigs, 4 verified runs). Core i9-10900F ranks #35 of 104 measured processors at WhatFPS (9,329 CPU score in its best run — 1 rig, 1 verified run). Each part is shown at its best run, picked from 5 verified WhatFPS runs — measured, not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

MetricCore i7-14700HXCore i9-10900F
CPU score, best run (the processor's own performance)10,7019,329
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)7,7247,406
Integer (MT)7.5 Gop/s8.4 Gop/s
Single-thread (1T)0.82 Gop/s0.55 Gop/s
Draw calls/s (DX11)10,456,5514,374,625
Cores / threads20 / 2810 / 20
L3 cache33 MB20 MB

What the numbers mean

The headline score is the part's best measured run, and the measurements under it come from that same run. It shows what the part has been proven to do — not what an average rig gets out of it. The CPU score is the processor's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the processor in, and leans heavily on the graphics card. A strong processor in a weak PC gets a low GAMING score without being worse. We show both and never mix them.

All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik

All measurements for Core i7-14700HX · All measurements for Core i9-10900F