Intel Core i9-9900K vs Intel Core i7-14700K

Core i9-9900K vs Core i7-14700K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-14700K performs better than the Core i9-9900K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-14700K has significantly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Core i9-9900K that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9900K. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700K. Despite this, the Core i7-14700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-14700K has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900K. The Core i7-14700K also has significantly 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 i9-9900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.