Intel Core i5-8600K vs Intel Core i5-14600K

Core i5-8600K vs Core i5-14600K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-14600K beats the Core i5-8600K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8600K 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 i5-8600K. Indeed, the Core i5-14600K has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-8600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8600K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-8600K has a slightly higher clock speed than 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 i5-8600K. 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 i5-8600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.