Intel Core i7-14700HX vs Intel Core i5-14600K

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10176 points
12025 points
18% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10959 points
14272 points
30% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9972 points
11307 points
13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10002 points
11156 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

307.50 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
303.53 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13460 points
16100 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2505 points
2838 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20
42% many more cores
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
40% slightly more threads
20

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

5.5 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed
5.3 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

192 GiB
Identical
192 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

28 MiB
40% slightly more L2 cache
20 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

33 MiB
37% slightly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

82nd of 1,089
53rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i7 (14th gen)
Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-5600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Core i7-14700HX vs Core i5-14600K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14600K is faster than the Core i7-14700HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700HX has many more cores than the Core i5-14600K. Indeed, the Core i7-14700HX has 20 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i5-14600K. 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 i7-14700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14700HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-14700HX has more L2 cache than the Core i5-14600K. The Core i7-14700HX 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 i7-14700HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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