Intel Core i7-14700F vs Intel Core i9-14900KS

Core i7-14700F vs Core i9-14900KS benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-14900KS performs better than the Core i7-14700F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700F in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-14900KS has slightly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core i7-14700F has 20 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-14700F has more threads than the Core i9-14900KS. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-14900KS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700F. Also, the Core i9-14900KS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-14900KS has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i7-14700F. The Core i9-14900KS also has slightly 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. Indeed, the Core i7-14700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.