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Intel Core i7 12700K vs i5 14500

64 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12700K
VS
63 out of 100
Intel Core i5 14500
Intel Core i7 12700K
Intel Core i5 14500

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Intel Core i7 12700K with 12-cores against the 2.6 GHz i5 14500 with 14-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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
75.8
(Good)
Value Index
66.1
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 14500 and 12700K
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700K
  • Unlocked multiplier
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14500
  • Newer - released 2 years and 3 months later
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 12700K
vs
Core i5 14500

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 597 409
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4728 2104
Cinebench Scores (110th and 121st place)
Submit your benchmark results

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 i7 12700K
14714
Core i5 14500 +3%
15155
File compression 1230 MB/sec 1200 MB/sec
Clang compilation 122.3 Klines/sec 112.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 382.6 pages/sec 393.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 374.5 Mpixels/sec 436.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 267.6 pages/sec 264.2 pages/sec
Background blur 55.9 images/sec 63.7 images/sec
Photo processing 98.2 images/sec 134.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 29.6 Mpixels/sec 26.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 731 & 235 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12700K +11%
34256
Core i5 14500
30757
Integer math 114.3 GOps/sec 108 GOps/sec
Floating point math 87.9 GOps/sec 79.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 112M Primes/sec 106M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 45.8M Strings/sec 40.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 23.4 GBytes/sec 21.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 445.1 MBytes/sec 371.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1773 Frames/sec 1745 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.8B Matrices/sec 22.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 11963 & 2334 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 12700K +20%
309.16
Core i5 14500
257.62

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9.6 PPW 17.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 117.7 PPW 233.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 274 PPW 473.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.47 PPW 3.96 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 i7 12700K
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-14 (Melvin Tejada)Cinebench 2026597 / 4728
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-08 (Myla)Cinebench 2026555 / 3917
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-04 (sisham)Cinebench 2024100 / 635
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-08-22 (Ray)Cinebench 2024115 / 1305
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-12-19 (Zach Jones)Cinebench 2024114 / 1231
Add View all (10)
Intel Core i5 14500
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-05 (SeanyBoy)Cinebench 2026409 / 2104
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-08-02 (AliR88)Cinebench 2024110 / 1145
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12700K and i5 14500

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released October 27, 2021 January 9, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number i7-12700K i5-14500
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 UHD Graphics 770
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus -
Intel CPU rating (69th and 70th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 8
E-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (E) 2.7 GHz 1.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 14
Total Threads 20 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 26x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 25MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 190 W 154 W
Socket LGA-1700 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (69th and 70th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1550 MHz
Shading Units 256 256
TMUs 16 16
ROPs 8 8
Execution Units 32 32
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 12700K
0.8 TFLOPS
Core i5 14500
0.8 TFLOPS
See: Intel UHD Graphics 770 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 12700K official page Intel Core i5 14500 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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