Intel Core i5-12600K vs Intel Core i7-14700

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs Intel 20 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-14700

Price

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$ 184.46

$ 214.50 significantly less expensive

$ 398.96

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9422 points

11732 points

24% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12057 points

13191 points

9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8581 points

11333 points

32% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8381 points

11315 points

35% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8019 points

12400 points

54% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

233.94 points

293.94 points

25% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11863 points

15696 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2478 points

2720 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

75% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

76% significantly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

5.4 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

192 GiB

49% significantly more supported memory

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB

33 MiB

64% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

102nd of 1,089

55th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Core i7 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November

2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-12600K vs Core i7-14700 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12600K beats the Core i7-14700 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12600K. Indeed, the Core i7-14700 has 20 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-12600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600K. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-12600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.