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

Core i9-12900KS vs Core i5-14600K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900KS performs better than the Core i5-14600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-14600K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-12900KS has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-14600K has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14600K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-14600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900KS. Despite this, the Core i9-12900KS 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 i9-12900KS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.