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

Core i9-12900KF vs Core i7-14700F comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-14700F is faster than the Core i9-12900KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900KF in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700F has slightly more cores than the Core i9-12900KF. Indeed, the Core i7-14700F has 20 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core i9-12900KF. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700F. Despite this, the Core i7-14700F 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 i9-12900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.