Intel Core i7 14700K vs i5 14600

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 14700K with 20-cores against the 2.7 GHz i5 14600 with 14-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Currency
VS
68.7
(Good)
Value Index
74.1
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 14600 and 14700K
Advantages of Intel Core i7 14700K
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Has 9 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.6 GHz vs 5.2 GHz)
  • 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3012 vs 2674 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
1859
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 668 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 7576 -
Cinebench Scores (36th and 108th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3012
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
20262
File compression 1620 MB/sec 1012.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 189.2 Klines/sec 122.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 483.7 pages/sec 281.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 547.2 Mpixels/sec 371.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 301.5 pages/sec 267.2 pages/sec
Background blur 76.9 images/sec 63.8 images/sec
Photo processing 169.1 images/sec 90.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 43.2 Mpixels/sec 28.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1105 & 76 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
51950
Integer math 181.7 GOps/sec 117.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 133.3 GOps/sec 85.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 210M Primes/sec 155M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 74.5M Strings/sec 48M Strings/sec
Data encryption 39.8 GBytes/sec 25.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 688.3 MBytes/sec 434.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 2925 Frames/sec 2325 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 40.2B Matrices/sec 25.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 8587 & 492 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
450.16

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.9 PPW 18.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 162.1 PPW 209 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 415.6 PPW 551.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.6 PPW 4.3 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 14700K
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-02 (Harley)Cinebench 2026668 / 7576
📘 2026-01-10 (Lonewulf32)Cinebench 2024138 / 2162
📘 2026-01-05 (MrCoffee)Cinebench 2024124 / 1873
📘 2025-11-24 (MiMi)Cinebench 2024128 / 1892
📘 2025-11-15 (AdKraemer)Cinebench 2024122 / 1978
Intel Core i5 14600
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 14700K and i5 14600

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released October 16, 2023 January 9, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number i7-14700K i5-14600
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 UHD Graphics 770
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7700X - AMD Ryzen 5 7600
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus -
Intel CPU rating (16th and 64th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 2.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 5.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 8
E-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (E) 2.5 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.3 GHz 3.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 20 14
Total Threads 28 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 27x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 33MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 253 W 154 W
Socket LGA-1700 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (25th and 66th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1600 MHz 1550 MHz
Shading Units 256 256
TMUs 16 16
ROPs 8 8
Execution Units 32 32
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.8 TFLOPS
0.8 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 14700K official page Intel Core i5 14600 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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