Intel Core i7-4770K vs Intel Core i7-14700F

Core i7-4770K vs Core i7-14700F comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-14700F is faster than the Core i7-4770K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4770K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700F has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4770K. Indeed, the Core i7-14700F has 20 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4770K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4770K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4770K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700F. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14700F has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-4770K. The Core i7-14700F also has significantly 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 i7-4770K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.