Intel Core i5-7600K vs Intel Core i5-14600K

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 304.35
$ 284.79
$ 19.56 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2899 points
12025 points
314% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5366 points
14272 points
165% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2207 points
11307 points
412% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2115 points
11156 points
427% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2709 points
10606 points
291% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

61.33 points
303.53 points
394% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4238 points
16100 points
279% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1522 points
2838 points
86% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
14
250% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
20
400% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed
3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
5.3 GHz
26% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
192 GiB
200% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
20 MiB
1900% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
24 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

553rd of 1,089
53rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5
Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i5-7600K vs Core i5-14600K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14600K is faster than the Core i5-7600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7600K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-14600K has significantly more cores than the Core i5-7600K. Indeed, the Core i5-14600K has 14 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-7600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-7600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14600K. Despite this, the Core i5-14600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-14600K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-7600K. The Core i5-14600K also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-7600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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