Intel Core i5 14600K vs i5 11600K

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5 14600K with 14-cores against the 3.9 GHz i5 11600K with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
74.8
(Good)
Value Index
83.2
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 11600K and 14600K
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14600K
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 2 years and 7 months later
  • Around 39.6 GB/s (79%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 22% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2804 vs 2295 points
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 628 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4994 -
Cinebench Scores (#100th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
15949
File compression 1500 MB/sec 670.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 140.5 Klines/sec 66.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 429.5 pages/sec 199.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 507.8 Mpixels/sec 286.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 288.4 pages/sec 223.1 pages/sec
Background blur 74 images/sec 43.8 images/sec
Photo processing 154.2 images/sec 80.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 31.5 Mpixels/sec 15.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 786 & 1122 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
38408
Integer math 125.6 GOps/sec 64.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 92.7 GOps/sec 38.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 157M Primes/sec 58M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 52.1M Strings/sec 27.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 27.5 GBytes/sec 12.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 480.7 MBytes/sec 242.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 2371 Frames/sec 939 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.4B Matrices/sec 17.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4251 & 2671 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.2 PPW 4.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 127.6 PPW 72.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 307.3 PPW 155.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.44 PPW -
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 14600K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-25 (zgabbySims)Cinebench 2026628 / 4994
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-14 (Batela)Cinebench 2024122 / 1386
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-01 (Tom)Cinebench 2024119 / 1278
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-01 (Tom B)Cinebench 2024117 / 882
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-11 (GAMERZ)Cinebench 2024118 / 1273
Intel Core i5 11600K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-27 (TheMeteAdam)Cinebench 202488 / 481
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-19 (Stephen Brown)Cinebench 202491 / 582

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 14600K and i5 11600K

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released October 16, 2023 March 30, 2021
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Rocket Lake
Model number i5-14600K i5-11600K
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 UHD Graphics 750
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7600X - AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus - Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
Intel CPU rating (51st and 174th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.6 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 6
Total Threads 20 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 35x 39x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 181 W -
Socket LGA-1700 LGA-1200
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (52nd and 117th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 750
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 256 256
TMUs 16 64
ROPs 8 32
Execution Units 32 32
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.8 TFLOPS
0.7 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 50 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 14600K official page Intel Core i5 11600K official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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