Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Core i7-14700

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-14700

Price

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$ 259.99

$ 138.97 significantly less expensive

$ 398.96

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

11540 points

11732 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13325 points

1% slightly better gaming score

13191 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10952 points

11333 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10812 points

11315 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10051 points

12400 points

23% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

304.26 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

293.94 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13854 points

15696 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2554 points

2720 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

40% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

71% significantly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

5.4 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

33 MiB

32% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

57th of 1,089

55th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7

Core i7 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November

2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-12700K vs Core i7-14700 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700K is faster than the Core i7-14700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-14700 has significantly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Core i7-12700K that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700. Despite this, the Core i7-14700 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 i7-12700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.