Intel Core i7-8700K vs Intel Core i5-14600KF

Core i7-8700K vs Core i5-14600KF benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14600KF is faster than the Core i7-8700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-14600KF has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i7-8700K that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14600KF. In terms of cache, the Core i5-14600KF has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8700K. The Core i5-14600KF 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.