Intel Core i5-14600K vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265

Compare Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 14 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 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

12346 points
12915 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14506 points
14555 points
0.34% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11650 points
12400 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11502 points
12288 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

303.53 points
339.56 points
11% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
20
42% many more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
Identical
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
45% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
Identical
5.3 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
256 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

20 MiB
36 MiB
79% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
30 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

50th of 1,125
43rd of 1,125

Family

The product line

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

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2025 February

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 7 265 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 265 is faster than the Core i5-14600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-14600K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 265 has many more cores with 20 cores compared to the Core i5-14600K that has 14 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-14600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 265. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 265 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-14600K. The Core Ultra 7 265 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 i5-14600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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