Intel Core i5-14600K vs Intel Core Ultra 5 245K

Compare Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 14 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 284.79
$ 229.68
$ 55.11 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12025 points
12643 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14272 points
14524 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11307 points
11994 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11156 points
11755 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10606 points
12436 points
17% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

303.53 points
321.20 points
5% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
Identical
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
42% many more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
4.2 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed
5.2 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
24
20% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

192 GiB
Identical
192 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

20 MiB
26 MiB
30% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
Identical
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

53rd of 1,089
46th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i5 (14th gen)
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-6400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Core i5-14600K vs Core Ultra 5 245K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-14600K beats the Core Ultra 5 245K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 245K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-14600K has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 245K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14600K. Despite this, the Core i5-14600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 245K has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i5-14600K. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 i5-14600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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