Intel Core i9-12900K vs Intel Core i7-14700F

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs Intel 20 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-14700F

Price

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$ 289.00

$ 12.43 slightly less expensive

$ 301.43

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

13331 points

13879 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14234 points

14674 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13035 points

13663 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

12983 points

13676 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11701 points

12064 points

3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

364.47 points

23% slightly higher Blender score

294.87 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15365 points

16387 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2616 points

2697 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

52% significantly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz

5.4 GHz

3% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

192 GiB

49% significantly more supported memory

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB

33 MiB

10% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

39th of 1,089

33rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9

Core i7 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November

2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i9-12900K vs Core i7-14700F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900K beats the Core i7-14700F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-14700F has slightly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Core i9-12900K that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900K. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-12900K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700F.

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 i9-12900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.