Intel Core i9-12900KF vs Intel Core i5-14600K

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-14600K

Price

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$ 279.99

$ 4.80 slightly less expensive

$ 284.79

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12789 points

6% slightly better overall score

12025 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14030 points

14272 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

12383 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

11307 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

12302 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

11156 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11666 points

9% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

10606 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

361.08 points

18% slightly higher Blender score

303.53 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14786 points

16100 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2584 points

2838 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

3.5 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz

5.3 GHz

1% 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

25% slightly more L3 cache

24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

44th of 1,089

53rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9

Core i5 (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 i9-12900KF vs Core i5-14600K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900KF beats the Core i5-14600K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-14600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900KF has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-14600K that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-14600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900KF. Also, the Core i5-14600K has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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