Intel Core i5-14600KF vs Intel Core i9-12900

Compare Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 14 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 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

11287 points
11471 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13345 points
0.79% slightly better gaming score
13241 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10649 points
10915 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10530 points
10835 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10627 points
10922 points
2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

309.52 points
9% slightly higher Blender score
281.66 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15636 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
13170 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2781 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2513 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
16
14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
24
20% slightly more threads

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
3% slightly higher turbo speed
5.1 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

192 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
14 MiB
75% 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

63rd of 1,089
59th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i5 (14th gen)
12th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Core i5-14600KF vs Core i9-12900 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900 beats the Core i5-14600KF in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-14600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900 has slightly more cores than the Core i5-14600KF. Indeed, the Core i9-12900 has 16 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i5-14600KF. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14600KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-14600KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900. Also, the Core i5-14600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-12900 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-14600KF. The Core i9-12900 also has slightly 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 i5-14600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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