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

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-14700KF

Price

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$ 289.00

$ 68.07 slightly less expensive

$ 357.07

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

13335 points

15238 points

14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14237 points

15399 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13039 points

15241 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

12988 points

15369 points

18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11701 points

14250 points

21% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

364.47 points

442.38 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15365 points

19170 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2616 points

2961 points

13% 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

3.4 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz

5.6 GHz

7% 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 1,118

21st of 1,118

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9

Core i7 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November

2023 November

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 i7-14700KF comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-14700KF performs better than the Core i9-12900K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700KF has slightly more cores than the Core i9-12900K. Indeed, the Core i7-14700KF has 20 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core i9-12900K. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-14700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900K. Also, the Core i7-14700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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