Intel Core i9-13900K vs Intel Core i9-14900KS

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core CPU vs Intel 24 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 548.09
$ 44.40 slightly less expensive
$ 592.49

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

16350 points
17932 points
9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15858 points
17174 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16597 points
18250 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16857 points
18506 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16398 points
1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
16117 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

522.08 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
515.80 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19967 points
23144 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2985 points
3237 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
Identical
24

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
33% slightly more threads
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3.2 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.7 GHz
6.2 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
192 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

32 MiB
Identical
32 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
Identical
36 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

13th of 1,089
3rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
Core i9 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 October
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Core i9-13900K vs Core i9-14900KS specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-14900KS performs better than the Core i9-13900K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13900K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i9-13900K has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-14900KS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900K. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and 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.

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