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Intel Core i7 14700F vs i5 14500

72 out of 100
Intel Core i7 14700F
VS
63 out of 100
Intel Core i5 14500
Intel Core i7 14700F
Intel Core i5 14500

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i7 14700F with 20-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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
72.1
(Good)
Value Index
66.1
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 14500 and 14700F
Advantages of Intel Core i7 14700F
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Has 9 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14500
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 14700F
vs
Core i5 14500

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 14700F +41%
1609
Core i5 14500
1145
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 409
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2104
Cinebench Scores (58th and 121st 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 i7 14700F +21%
18405
Core i5 14500
15155
File compression 1340 MB/sec 1200 MB/sec
Clang compilation 184.1 Klines/sec 112.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 414 pages/sec 393.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 515.6 Mpixels/sec 436.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 285.3 pages/sec 264.2 pages/sec
Background blur 73.6 images/sec 63.7 images/sec
Photo processing 143.7 images/sec 134.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 43.2 Mpixels/sec 26.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 396 & 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 14700F +34%
41314
Core i5 14500
30757
Integer math 155.8 GOps/sec 108 GOps/sec
Floating point math 107 GOps/sec 79.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 176M Primes/sec 106M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 55.9M Strings/sec 40.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 30.2 GBytes/sec 21.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 506.1 MBytes/sec 371.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 2454 Frames/sec 1745 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.6B Matrices/sec 22.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 4585 & 2334 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 14700F +19%
306.54
Core i5 14500
257.62

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.8 PPW 17.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 283.2 PPW 233.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 635.6 PPW 473.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.72 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 14700F
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-25 (cookie)Cinebench 2026627 / 4842
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-29 -> sig_mayukhGeekbench 6 CPU2762 / 19181
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-09 (Raptor)Cinebench 2024121 / 976
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-01-12 (Ivo)Cinebench 2024123 / 1235
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-08 (RedxVisions)Cinebench 2024124 / 1804
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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 14700F and i5 14500

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 9, 2024 January 9, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number i7-14700F i5-14500
Integrated GPU No UHD Graphics 770
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7700 -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265F -
Intel CPU rating (37th and 70th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 8
E-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz 1.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.2 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 20 14
Total Threads 28 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 26x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 33MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 219 W 154 W
Socket LGA-1700 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (47th and 70th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU Base Clock - 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 1550 MHz
Shading Units - 256
TMUs - 16
ROPs - 8
Execution Units - 32
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 14700F
n/a
Core i5 14500
0.8 TFLOPS
See: Intel UHD Graphics 770 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 14700F 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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