Core i7-14700KF: specs and benchmarks

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Core i7-14700KF
2023
20 cores / 28 threads, 125 Watt
33.80

Core i7-14700KF provides good benchmark performance at 33.80% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Core i7-14700KF sales 17 October 2023 at a recommended price of $384. Based on a Raptor Lake-R architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 20 cores and 28 threads, and is based on Intel 7 manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 5600 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1700 processor with a TDP of 125 Watt. It supports DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200 memory.

Primary details

Core i7-14700KF processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking115
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation84.20
Market segmentDesktop processor
Power efficiency25.59of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameRaptor Lake-R (2023−2024)
Release date17 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$384of 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 cores20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speed3.4 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed5.6 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 cache33 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size257 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cof 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+
Unlocked multiplier+

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-14700KF 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)
SocketFCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)125 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i7-14700KF. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI+
AVX+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Speed Shift+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX+
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0+
Deep Learning Boost+

Security technologies

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

TXT+
EDB+
Secure Key+
OS Guard+

Virtualization technologies

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

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i7-14700KF's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-5600, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size192 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth89.6 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core i7-14700KF.

Integrated graphics cardN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes16of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i7-14700KF. 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.

i7-14700KF 33.80

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.

i7-14700KF 53691

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.

i7-14700KF 2993

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.

i7-14700KF 19544

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Core i7-14700KF's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


Ryzen 9 9900X 102.22
Core i7-14700KF 100

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core i7-14700KF is Ryzen Threadripper 3960X, which is faster by 2% and higher by 6 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Core i7-14700KF:

Ryzen 9 9900X 102.22
Core i7-14700KF 100
Ryzen 9 7900 90.86

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 i7-14700KF, according to our PC configuration statistics.

These are the fastest graphics cards for Core i7-14700KF in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 4090 configurations using Core i7-14700KF in our database.

RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 4090
4.8% (198/4090)
RTX 4090 D GeForce RTX 4090 D
0.05% (2/4090)
RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 4080
3.3% (134/4090)
RTX 4080 SUPER GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
10.8% (440/4090)
RTX 4070 Ti GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
8% (329/4090)
RX 7900 XTX Radeon RX 7900 XTX
0.6% (25/4090)
RTX 4070 SUPER GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
14.5% (593/4090)
RTX 3090 Ti GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
0.2% (9/4090)
RX 7900 XT Radeon RX 7900 XT
0.3% (14/4090)

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