Intel Core i7-13700K vs Intel Core i9-14900K

Core i7-13700K vs Core i9-14900K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-14900K beats the Core i7-13700K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13700K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-14900K has significantly more cores than the Core i7-13700K. Indeed, the Core i9-14900K has 24 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core i7-13700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13700K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-13700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900K. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i9-14900K also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i7-13700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.