Intel Core i7-8700K vs Intel Core i7-14700KF

Core i7-8700K vs Core i7-14700KF benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-14700KF performs better than the Core i7-8700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-14700KF has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Core i7-8700K has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-14700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-14700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14700KF has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8700K. The Core i7-14700KF 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.