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Intel Core i7-9700KF vs Intel Core i5-14600K. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q4/2018
Intel Core i7-9700KF
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Q4/2023
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Intel Core i5-14600K

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Intel Core i5-14600K

What's the best choice Intel Core i7-9700KF or Intel Core i5-14600K? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Core i7-9700KF has a base frequency of 3.60 GHz. 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 95 W. Released in Q4/2018.

Intel Core i5-14600K has a base frequency of 3.50 GHz. 14 / 20 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 125 W. Released in Q4/2023.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    132 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 3% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    95 W left arrow 125 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i7-9700KF CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    163 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    158 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    53 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    198 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    202 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    226 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    72 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    67 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    8 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    121 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    6 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    104 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    187 place
  • More number of cores

    6 more cores

    14 left arrow 8
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 8 % higher specified turbo frequency

    5.30 GHz left arrow 4.90 GHz

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
Intel Core i5-14600K Intel Core i5-14600K
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 9000 left arrow -
  • Family
    Intel Core i7 left arrow Intel Core i (14th Gen)
  • Generation
    9 left arrow -
  • Predecessor
    Intel Core i7-8700K left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop
  • Successor
    Intel Core i7-10700KF left arrow -
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    3.6 GHz left arrow 3.5 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow -
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 14
  • CPU Threads
    8 left arrow 20
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No left arrow -
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.9 GHz left arrow 5.3 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    4.6 GHz left arrow -
  • E-core Base Clock
    - left arrow 2.6 GHz
  • E-core Max Turbo
    - left arrow 4 GHz
  • Efficient Cores
    - left arrow 8
  • P-core Base Clock
    - left arrow 3.5 GHz
  • P-core Max Turbo
    - left arrow 5.3 GHz
  • Performance Cores
    - left arrow 6
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    None left arrow Intel UHD Graphics 770
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 32
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 300 MHz
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow 1550 MHz
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow -
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow -
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow -
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow -
  • JPEG
    No left arrow -
  • VC-1
    No left arrow -
  • VP8
    No left arrow -
  • VP9
    No left arrow -
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-14600K and Intel Core i7-9700KF. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow -
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 192 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2666 left arrow DDR5-5600 / DDR4-3200
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow -
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow -
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow -
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-9700KF and Intel Core i5-14600K Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    100 °C left arrow -
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    95 W left arrow -
  • TDP (PL2)
    - left arrow 181 W
  • TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
    - left arrow 125 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-9700KF and Intel Core i5-14600K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Coffee Lake S Refresh left arrow Raptor Lake
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow -
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 20 MB
  • L3-Cache
    12 MB left arrow 24 MB
  • Release date
    Q4/2018 left arrow Q4/2023
  • Socket
    LGA 1151-2 left arrow FCLGA1700
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow Intel 7
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow -
  • Intel Smart Cache
    - left arrow 24 MB

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

Intel Core i7-9700KF

Intel Core i5-14600K

More results: 3

Results with primary test sources

Published measurements are separate from the archived index. Incomplete conditions and unknown run counts do not support ranking positions or calculated performance differences.

Model TestResultReported conditions
Intel Core i5-14600K Cinebench 2024 / multi-core 1392 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
Intel Core i5-14600K Cinebench 2024 / single-core 122 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
Intel Core i5-14600K Cinebench R15 / multi-core 3640 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
Intel Core i5-14600K Cinebench R15 / single-core 297 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
Intel Core i5-14600K Cinebench R20 / multi-core 9371 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
Intel Core i5-14600K Cinebench R20 / single-core 790 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
Intel Core i5-14600K Cinebench R23 / multi-core 24491 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
Intel Core i5-14600K Cinebench R23 / single-core 2064 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 20 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i5-14600K 6351.182273 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 20 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. / B760M GAMING X AX
Duration: 157.451 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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