Intel Core i9-10900KF vs Intel Core i7-14700

Core i9-10900KF vs Core i7-14700 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10900KF is faster than the Core i7-14700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700 has significantly more cores than the Core i9-10900KF. Indeed, the Core i7-14700 has 20 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i9-10900KF. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10900KF. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10900KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14700 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10900KF. The Core i7-14700 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 i9-10900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.