Intel Core i9 9900K vs i5 14600KF
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We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Intel Core i9 9900K with 8-cores against the 3.5 GHz i5 14600KF with 14-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the DeviceFacts Score for desktop CPU.
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i9 9900K
- Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14600KF
- 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 β 5.0
- 70% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2750 vs 1621 points
- 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 β 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 tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#83rd place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 545.7 MB/sec | 1470 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 67.7 Klines/sec | 126.9 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 175.1 pages/sec | 391.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 275.6 Mpixels/sec | 468 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 159 pages/sec | 280 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 40.4 images/sec | 68.1 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 68.6 images/sec | 155.3 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 14.5 Mpixels/sec | 29.4 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 66.1 GOps/sec | 125.5 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 41 GOps/sec | 92.7 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 46M Primes/sec | 155M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 36.1M Strings/sec | 52M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 6.3 GBytes/sec | 27.5 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 282.6 MBytes/sec | 481.3 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 929 Frames/sec | 2337 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 19B Matrices/sec | 28.5B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 7.4 PPW | 11.1 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 85.8 PPW | 133.7 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 190.1 PPW | 306.2 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 1.88 PPW | 2.5 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core i9 9900K
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-01-01 (Mr Scare) | Cinebench 2024 | 79 / 662 |
| π 2025-08-09 (EndOfTheWorld77) | Cinebench 2024 | 78 / 591 |
| π 2024-03-28 (Gribbstar) | Cinebench 2024 | 79 / 706 |
Intel Core i5 14600KF
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-05-10 (Mischief) | Cinebench 2024 | 118 / 1311 |
| π 2025-12-08 (Sidnt) | Cinebench 2024 | 121 / 1285 |
| π 2025-08-27 (romania_121) | Cinebench 2024 | 120 / 1389 |
| π 2025-04-30 (sato) | Cinebench 2024 | 120 / 1384 |
| π 2025-04-24 (NinjaCroassant) | Cinebench 2024 | 115 / 1233 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 9900K and i5 14600KFGeneral
| 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 | i5-14600KF |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 630 | No |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | - AMD Ryzen 5 7600X |
| Successor | - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | - Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus |
Intel CPU rating (#47th place)
CPU
| 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 |
| E-Cores | - | 8 |
| E-Threads | - | 8 |
| Base Frequency (E) | - | 2.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | - | 4 GHz |
| 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 50th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | - |
| GPU Base Clock | 350 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1200 MHz | - |
| Shading Units | 192 | - |
| TMUs | 24 | - |
| ROPs | 3 | - |
| Execution Units | 24 | - |
| TGP | 15 W | - |
iGPU FLOPS
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 14600KF official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 20 |
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