Core i5-14600KF: specs and benchmarks

VS

Aggregate performance score

Core i5-14600KF
2023
14 cores / 20 threads, 125 Watt
24.66

Core i5-14600KF provides good benchmark performance at 24.66% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Core i5-14600KF sales 17 October 2023 at a recommended price of $294. This is a Raptor Lake-R architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 14 cores and 20 threads, and is based on 10 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 5300 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket 1700 processor with a TDP of 125 Watt and a maximum temperature of 72 °C. It supports DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel memory.

Primary details

Core i5-14600KF processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking205
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation70.33
Market segmentDesktop processor
Power efficiency18.67of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameRaptor Lake-R (2023−2024)
Release date17 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$294of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads20
Base clock speed3.5 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed5.3 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache80 KB (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache2 MB (per core)of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache24 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography10 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size257 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cof 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+
Unlocked multiplier+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-14600KF compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket1700
Power consumption (TDP)125 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i5-14600KF. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+
AVX+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
TSX+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i5-14600KF's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core i5-14600KF.

Integrated graphics cardN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version5.0
PCI Express lanes16of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i5-14600KF. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-14600KF 24.66

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i5-14600KF 39167

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i5-14600KF 2773

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i5-14600KF 15772

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Core i5-14600KF's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


Core i5-14600KF 100

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core i5-14600KF is Ryzen 9 5900X, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Core i5-14600KF:

Ryzen 9 5950X 116.38
Core i5-14600KF 100

Similar processors

Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

Recommended GPUs

People consider these graphics cards to be good for Core i5-14600KF, according to our PC configuration statistics.

These are the fastest graphics cards for Core i5-14600KF in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 3753 configurations using Core i5-14600KF in our database.

RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 4090
2.4% (90/3753)
RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 4080
1% (36/3753)
RTX 4070 Ti GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
6.2% (234/3753)
RX 7900 XTX Radeon RX 7900 XTX
0.6% (22/3753)
RTX 4070 SUPER GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
14.8% (556/3753)
RTX 3090 Ti GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
0.1% (4/3753)
RX 7900 XT Radeon RX 7900 XT
0.7% (26/3753)
RX 6950 XT Radeon RX 6950 XT
0.05% (2/3753)

All comparisons with Core i5-14600KF

Community ratings

Here is the rating given to the reviewed processor by our users. Let others know your opinion by rating it yourself.


4.1 938 votes

Rate Core i5-14600KF on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about Core i5-14600KF, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.