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

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

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-14900KS beats the Core i7-14700KF in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700KF in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-14900KS has slightly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i7-14700KF that has 20 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-14700KF has more threads than the Core i9-14900KS. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-14700KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-14900KS. Despite this, the Core i9-14900KS has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i9-14900KS has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-14700KF. 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 i7-14700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.