Intel Core i5-14600KF vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

11287 points
3% slightly better overall score
10867 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13345 points
13656 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10649 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
9935 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10530 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
9663 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

309.52 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
304.58 points

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
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.4 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

8 MiB
26 MiB
224% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
Identical
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

63rd of 1,089
71st 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
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

Core i5-14600KF vs Core Ultra 5 235 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14600KF is faster than the Core Ultra 5 235. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 235 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-14600KF has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-14600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 235. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 235 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-14600KF. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 i5-14600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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