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Intel Core i5 14600KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700

69 out of 100
Intel Core i5 14600KF
VS
67 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
Intel Core i5 14600KF
AMD Ryzen 7 7700

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5 14600KF with 14-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7700 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
88.3
(Very good)
Value Index
62.9
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7700 and 14600KF
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14600KF
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer - released 9 months later
  • Around 16.2 GB/s (22%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7700
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 14600KF
vs
Ryzen 7 7700

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i5 14600KF +32%
1384
Ryzen 7 7700
1051
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 569
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3635
Cinebench Scores (83rd and 144th place)
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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)
Core i5 14600KF +8%
16715
Ryzen 7 7700
15543
File compression 1470 MB/sec 1630 MB/sec
Clang compilation 126.9 Klines/sec 123.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 391.2 pages/sec 317.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 468 Mpixels/sec 441.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 280 pages/sec 305.3 pages/sec
Background blur 68.1 images/sec 68.9 images/sec
Photo processing 155.3 images/sec 115.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 29.4 Mpixels/sec 25.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1161 & 439 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 14600KF +12%
38271
Ryzen 7 7700
34322
Integer math 125.5 GOps/sec 109.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 92.7 GOps/sec 66 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 155M Primes/sec 179M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 52M Strings/sec 48.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 27.5 GBytes/sec 23.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 481.3 MBytes/sec 403.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 2337 Frames/sec 1948 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.5B Matrices/sec 30.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4411 & 6714 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 14600KF +13%
312.96
Ryzen 7 7700
276.07

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.1 PPW 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 133.7 PPW 239.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 306.2 PPW 528 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.5 PPW 4.25 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 14600KF
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 (Mischief)Cinebench 2024118 / 1311
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 (Sidnt)Cinebench 2024121 / 1285
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-27 (romania_121)Cinebench 2024120 / 1389
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-30 (sato)Cinebench 2024120 / 1384
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-24 (NinjaCroassant)Cinebench 2024115 / 1233
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-07 (Arif Ahmed)Cinebench 2026583 / 3839
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-23 (icejay08)Cinebench 2026569 / 3635
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-30 (Trawkie)Cinebench 2024117 / 1166
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-31 (yo754)Cinebench 2024116 / 1087
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-27 (Gene Gulanes)Cinebench 2024117 / 1162
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 14600KF and AMD Ryzen 7 7700

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released October 16, 2023 January 10, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number i5-14600KF 7700
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7600X - Intel Core i7 13700
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus -
Intel CPU rating (#47th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#42nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 5.3 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 8
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 35x 38x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 6.57 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 181 W 142 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM5
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (50th and 57th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock - 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 2200 MHz
Shading Units - 128
TMUs - 8
ROPs - 4
Execution Units - 2
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 14600KF
n/a
Ryzen 7 7700
0.6 TFLOPS
See: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 73.4 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 14600KF official page AMD Ryzen 7 7700 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Comments

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