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Intel Core i9 9900K vs i5 14600K

41 out of 100
Intel Core i9 9900K
VS
68 out of 100
Intel Core i5 14600K
Intel Core i9 9900K
Intel Core i5 14600K

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Intel Core i9 9900K with 8-cores against the 3.5 GHz i5 14600K with 14-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
11.7
(Bad)
Value Index
74.8
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 14600K and 9900K
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14600K
  • Newer - released 5 years and 1 month later
  • Around 48 GB/s (115%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 73% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2804 vs 1621 points
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics 770 integrated graphics: 0.8 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 9900K
vs
Core i5 14600K

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 628
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4994
Cinebench Scores (#100th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i9 9900K
1621
Core i5 14600K +73%
2804
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 9900K
8151
Core i5 14600K +96%
15949
File compression 545.7 MB/sec 1500 MB/sec
Clang compilation 67.7 Klines/sec 140.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 175.1 pages/sec 429.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 275.6 Mpixels/sec 507.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 159 pages/sec 288.4 pages/sec
Background blur 40.4 images/sec 74 images/sec
Photo processing 68.6 images/sec 154.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.5 Mpixels/sec 31.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 610 & 786 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i9 9900K
2911
Core i5 14600K +47%
4268
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 9900K
18059
Core i5 14600K +113%
38408
Integer math 66.1 GOps/sec 125.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 41 GOps/sec 92.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 46M Primes/sec 157M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.1M Strings/sec 52.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 6.3 GBytes/sec 27.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 282.6 MBytes/sec 480.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 929 Frames/sec 2371 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19B Matrices/sec 28.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 17571 & 4251 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 9900K
178.22
Core i5 14600K +71%
304.64

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.4 PPW 10.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 85.8 PPW 127.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 190.1 PPW 307.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.88 PPW 2.44 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 i9 9900K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-01 (Mr Scare)Cinebench 202479 / 662
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-09 (EndOfTheWorld77)Cinebench 202478 / 591
πŸ“˜ 2024-03-28 (Gribbstar)Cinebench 202479 / 706
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Intel Core i5 14600K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-25 (zgabbySims)Cinebench 2026628 / 4994
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-14 (Batela)Cinebench 2024122 / 1386
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-01 (Tom)Cinebench 2024119 / 1278
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-01 (Tom B)Cinebench 2024117 / 882
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-11 (GAMERZ)Cinebench 2024118 / 1273
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 9900K and i5 14600K

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released October 8, 2018 October 16, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number i9-9900K i5-14600K
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 UHD Graphics 770
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K - Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
Intel CPU rating (#51st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 8
E-Threads - 8
Base Frequency (E) - 2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 14
Total Threads 16 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 35x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 95 W 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 181 W
Socket LGA-1151 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (145th and 52nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1200 MHz 1550 MHz
Shading Units 192 256
TMUs 24 16
ROPs 3 8
Execution Units 24 32
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 9900K
0.5 TFLOPS
Core i5 14600K +60%
0.8 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics 770 compared to Graphics 630

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2666 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.6 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 9900K official page Intel Core i5 14600K official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

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Comments

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