Intel Core i7-6700K vs Intel Core i9-14900KS

Core i7-6700K vs Core i9-14900KS comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-14900KS beats the Core i7-6700K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-14900KS has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i7-6700K that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900KS. In terms of cache, the Core i9-14900KS has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-6700K. The Core i9-14900KS also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-6700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.