Intel Core i7-13700F vs Intel Core i5-14600K

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 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 i5-14600K

Price

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$ 255.00

$ 29.79 slightly less expensive

$ 284.79

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12031 points

0.05% slightly better overall score

12025 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13909 points

14272 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11438 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

11307 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11295 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

11156 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11823 points

11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

10606 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

313.63 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

303.53 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15769 points

16100 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2678 points

2838 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

3.5 GHz

66% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz

5.3 GHz

1% 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

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

24 MiB

20% slightly more L2 cache

20 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB

25% slightly more L3 cache

24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

52nd of 1,089

53rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7

Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February

2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-13700F vs Core i5-14600K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13700F beats the Core i5-14600K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-14600K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-13700F has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-14600K has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-14600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700F. Also, the Core i5-14600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13700F has more L2 cache than the Core i5-14600K. The Core i7-13700F also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-13700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.