Intel Core i5-14500 vs Intel Core i7-14700T

Core i5-14500 vs Core i7-14700T comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14500 is faster than the Core i7-14700T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700T has many more cores than the Core i5-14500. Indeed, the Core i7-14700T has 20 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i5-14500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-14500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700T. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14700T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-14500. The Core i7-14700T also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i5-14500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.