Intel Core i5-13600KF vs Intel Core i7-14700KF

Core i5-13600KF vs Core i7-14700KF benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-14700KF is faster than the Core i5-13600KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13600KF in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700KF has many more cores than the Core i5-13600KF. Indeed, the Core i7-14700KF has 20 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i5-13600KF. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13600KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-13600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-14700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14700KF has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13600KF. The Core i7-14700KF also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-13600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.