Intel Core i7-8700K vs Intel Core i5-14400F

Core i7-8700K vs Core i5-14400F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-14400F beats the Core i7-8700K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-14400F has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8700K. Indeed, the Core i5-14400F has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-8700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14400F. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-14400F has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700K. The Core i5-14400F also has significantly 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 i7-8700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.