Intel Core i9-13900K vs Intel Core i7-14700K

Core i9-13900K vs Core i7-14700K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13900K beats the Core i7-14700K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900K has slightly more cores than the Core i7-14700K. Indeed, the Core i9-13900K has 24 cores compared to 20 cores found in the Core i7-14700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-14700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-14700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900K. Despite this, the Core i9-13900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-13900K has more L2 cache than the Core i7-14700K. The Core i9-13900K also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-13900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.