Intel Core i5-13420H vs Intel Core i5-14600K

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5252 points
12025 points
128% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7672 points
14272 points
86% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4530 points
11307 points
149% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4376 points
11156 points
154% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5457 points
10606 points
94% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

120.41 points
303.53 points
152% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
20
66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.5 GHz
66% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5.3 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
40% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
192 GiB
200% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7 MiB
20 MiB
185% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
24 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

316th of 1,089
53rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5-5600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i5-13420H vs Core i5-14600K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14600K is faster than the Core i5-13420H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13420H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-14600K has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i5-13420H has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13420H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-14600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Also, the Core i5-14600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-14600K has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-13420H. The Core i5-14600K also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-13420H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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