Core i9-14900K vs Ryzen 7 7800X3D Gaming Performance Cont.
We’ve got 20 games of performance graphs to show you today. The GPU common to both CPUs is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition with driver 537.42. We are running each game at 1080p to see maximum CPU performance differences. In our experience between these CPUs, 4K showed no differences in performance, and 1440p had smaller differences, the largest differences were experienced at 1080p. You can see 1440p and 4K gaming performance in each individual review for each CPU 14900K here and 7800X3D here. We have each game running at the highest possible game settings, without Ray Tracing, this is purely native and rasterized performance. All graphs are sorted by the fastest CPU first.
Dying Light 2
In Dying Light 2 we are running this game at the highest quality setting, and we have made sure DX12 and Async are enabled, all without Ray Tracing or upscaling. Dying Light 2 is the first game in our 20-game lineup here to show the Ryzen 7 7800X3D taking a commanding lead over the Intel Core i9-14900K. In this game, it appears the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is 15% faster than the Intel Core i9-14900K. This is a pretty big, and noticeable, difference in performance. We have noted in the past that this game does well with the extra L3 cache, being more sensitive to it. Therefore, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a real advantage that plays out well for this game, but let’s see if it continues.
F1 2022
In F1 2022 we are running with the highest graphics settings at 1080p. Like Dying Light 2, F1 2022 likes that extra L3 cache quite a bit. Here we find the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is 5% faster than the Intel Core i9-14900K. The 14900K is catching up in this game, it isn’t as wide of a margin as in Dying Light 2, but the 7800X3D does manage to edge it out.
Far Cry 6
Surprisingly, in Far Cry 6 it’s pretty much a wash between the Intel Core i9-14900K and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D at 1080p with Ultra settings and HD Textures. There is only a 1 FPS difference, and performance is practically the same. We know this game is CPU sensitive, but they seem to have the right mix of hardware specs to even out performance in this game with no major advantages either way.
Forspoken
In Forspoken we are running at the highest game settings at 1080p. This game is similar to Far Cry 6 where there aren’t any major performance differences. Technically the Intel Core i9-14900K edges out the Ryzen 7 7800X3D by 1%, so it’s the same.
Forza Horizon 5
In Forza Horizon 5 we are running the game at the highest settings, we manually configured each quality setting so that it was at the highest level, and we used TAA for AA instead of MSAA. This game seems to run a bit faster on the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D is 2.4% faster than the Intel Core i9-14900K. The performance is very close though right above 200 FPS, and you cannot tell the difference.