Intel Core i5-14600K vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G

Core i5-14600K vs Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G beats the Core i5-14600K in overall performance. 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 i5-14600K has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G 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 info from our database shows that the Core i5-14600K has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G. 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 i5-14600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.