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

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

11327 points
16275 points
43% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13381 points
15963 points
19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10689 points
16369 points
53% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10570 points
16386 points
55% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10627 points
16583 points
56% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

309.52 points
465.77 points
50% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15636 points
20340 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2781 points
3050 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) 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
3.9 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
5.5 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed

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

8 MiB
36 MiB
350% 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

70th of 1,127
15th of 1,127

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

Core i5-14600KF vs Core Ultra 7 265KF benchmarks

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

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 265KF has many more cores with 20 cores compared to the Core i5-14600KF that has 14 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14600KF. Also, the Core Ultra 7 265KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 265KF has more L2 cache than the Core i5-14600KF. The Core Ultra 7 265KF 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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