Intel Core Ultra 5 245K vs Intel Core i5-14600K — Specifications, performance, tests

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Differences

Reasons to consider
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K

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Higher clock speed

Around 20% better clock speed

4.20 GHz 3.50 GHz

Reasons to consider
Intel Core i5-14600K

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Higher turbo clock speed

Around 2 % higher specified turbo frequency

5.30 GHz 5.20 GHz

Specifications

Technical data

Intel Core Ultra 5 245K

Intel Core i5-14600K

CPU family and group

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

Family

Intel Core Ultra 200 Intel Core i (14th Gen)
Segment

Desktop Desktop

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

4.2 GHz 3.5 GHz
CPU Cores

14 14
CPU Threads

14 20
E-core Base Clock

3.6 GHz 2.6 GHz
E-core Max Turbo

4.6 GHz 4 GHz
Efficient Cores

8 8
P-core Base Clock

4.2 GHz 3.5 GHz
P-core Max Turbo

5.2 GHz 5.3 GHz
Performance Cores

6 6
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)

5.2 GHz 5.3 GHz

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.

Execution units

- 32
GPU Frequency

- 300 MHz
GPU name

- Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU Turbo

- 1550 MHz

Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-14600K and Intel Core Ultra 5 245K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

Max. Memory

256 GB 192 GB
Memory channels

2 2
Memory type

DDR5-6400 DDR5-5600 / DDR4-3200

Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core Ultra 5 245K 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.

TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)

125 W 125 W
TDP (PL2)

159 W 181 W

Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core Ultra 5 245K and Intel Core i5-14600K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

Architecture

Arrow Lake Raptor Lake
Intel Smart Cache

24 MB 24 MB
L2-Cache

26 MB 20 MB
L3-Cache

24 MB 24 MB
Release date

Q4/2024 Q4/2023
Socket

FCLGA1851 FCLGA1700
Technology

TSMC N3B Intel 7

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 6

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settings	Intel Core Ultra 5 245K	Intel Core i5-14600K	Result difference¹
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Windows	271.533222 samples/min Submissions: 25	319.335213 samples/min Submissions: 16	+17.6 %
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows	355.020963 samples/min Submissions: 10	311.979665 samples/min Submissions: 7	-12.1 %
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows	317.945482 samples/min Submissions: 25	299.897209 samples/min Submissions: 93	-5.7 %
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows	314.143346 samples/min Submissions: 18	301.862874 samples/min Submissions: 47	-3.9 %
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows	311.678232 samples/min Submissions: 10	297.597714 samples/min Submissions: 32	-4.5 %
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows	323.076488 samples/min Submissions: 15	293.011509 samples/min Submissions: 48	-9.3 %

¹ Difference of the second result relative to the first in that row. No percentage is calculated for different upscaling algorithms. This compares published results, not a universal performance index.

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 Ultra 5 245K

Intel Core i5-14600K

Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows 315.487077 samples/min
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows 303.901316 samples/min
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Linux 300.096793 samples/min
Blender 5.1.0 / CPU / Windows 322.758515 samples/min
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Linux 338.239757 samples/min

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	Test	Result	Reported 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 Ultra 5 245K	Cinebench R15 / multi-core	3850 points
Intel Core i5-14600K	Cinebench R15 / multi-core	3640 points	Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090 System RAM: 32 GB
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K	Cinebench R15 / single-core	322 points
Intel Core i5-14600K	Cinebench R15 / single-core	297 points	Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090 System RAM: 32 GB
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K	Cinebench R20 / multi-core	9752 points
Intel Core i5-14600K	Cinebench R20 / multi-core	9371 points	Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090 System RAM: 32 GB
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K	Cinebench R20 / single-core	820 points
Intel Core i5-14600K	Cinebench R20 / single-core	790 points	Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090 System RAM: 32 GB
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K	Cinebench R23 / multi-core	25066 points
Intel Core i5-14600K	Cinebench R23 / multi-core	24491 points	Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090 System RAM: 32 GB
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K	Cinebench R23 / single-core	2132 points
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	Result	Reported 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.