Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Core i5-14600KF

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 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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Intel Core i5-14600KF

Price

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$ 318.24

$ 199.99

$ 118.25 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10390 points

11287 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12574 points

13345 points

6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9694 points

10649 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9533 points

10530 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9515 points

10627 points

11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

259.30 points

309.52 points

19% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10978 points

15636 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2375 points

2781 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.5 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

5.3 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

192 GiB

49% significantly more supported memory

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

4% slightly more L3 cache

24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

78th of 1,089

63rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7

Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-12700 vs Core i5-14600KF benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14600KF is faster than the Core i7-12700. Despite this, the Core i7-12700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-14600KF has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i7-12700 has 12 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-14600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700. Also, the Core i5-14600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-12700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.