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Intel Core i9 9900K vs i7 14700F

41 out of 100
Intel Core i9 9900K
VS
72 out of 100
Intel Core i7 14700F
Intel Core i9 9900K
Intel Core i7 14700F

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Intel Core i9 9900K with 8-cores against the 2.1 GHz i7 14700F with 20-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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
11.7
(Bad)
Value Index
72.1
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 14700F and 9900K
Advantages of Intel Core i9 9900K
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
Advantages of Intel Core i7 14700F
  • Newer - released 5 years and 4 months later
  • Has 12 more physical cores
  • Around 48 GB/s (115%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 17 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 73% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2810 vs 1621 points
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 9900K
vs
Core i7 14700F

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i9 9900K
706
Core i7 14700F +128%
1609
Cinebench Scores (#58th 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 i7 14700F +73%
2810
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 9900K
8151
Core i7 14700F +126%
18405
File compression 545.7 MB/sec 1340 MB/sec
Clang compilation 67.7 Klines/sec 184.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 175.1 pages/sec 414 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 275.6 Mpixels/sec 515.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 159 pages/sec 285.3 pages/sec
Background blur 40.4 images/sec 73.6 images/sec
Photo processing 68.6 images/sec 143.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.5 Mpixels/sec 43.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 610 & 396 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i9 9900K
2911
Core i7 14700F +46%
4255
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 9900K
18059
Core i7 14700F +129%
41314
Integer math 66.1 GOps/sec 155.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 41 GOps/sec 107 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 46M Primes/sec 176M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.1M Strings/sec 55.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 6.3 GBytes/sec 30.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 282.6 MBytes/sec 506.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 929 Frames/sec 2454 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19B Matrices/sec 28.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 17571 & 4585 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 9900K
178.22
Core i7 14700F +72%
306.54

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.4 PPW 24.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 85.8 PPW 283.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 190.1 PPW 635.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.88 PPW 4.72 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 i7 14700F
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-25 (cookie)Cinebench 2026627 / 4842
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-29 -> sig_mayukhGeekbench 6 CPU2762 / 19181
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-09 (Raptor)Cinebench 2024121 / 976
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-12 (Ivo)Cinebench 2024123 / 1235
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-08 (RedxVisions)Cinebench 2024124 / 1804
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 9900K and i7 14700F

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released October 8, 2018 January 9, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number i9-9900K i7-14700F
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - AMD Ryzen 7 7700
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K - Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
Intel CPU rating (#37th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 12
E-Threads - 12
Base Frequency (E) - 1.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 20
Total Threads 16 28
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 21x
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) 33MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 95 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 219 W
Socket LGA-1151 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (145th and 47th 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
Core i9 9900K
0.5 TFLOPS
Core i7 14700F
n/a
See: Intel UHD Graphics 630 benchmarks

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 i7 14700F official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

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Comments

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