Intel Core i5 14600KF performance revealed: 17 percent improvement

Intel is expected to announce the 14th Gen Raptor Lake Refresh desktop processor family in September. In the news we made the other day, we looked at the performance of Core i9-14900K and Core i7-14700K, which are top models of this series. Now, the Geekbench results of the Core i5 14600KF model, which appeals to the mainstream, have been shared.

Intel Core i5 14600KF specifications

The Core i5 14600KF offers a total of 14 cores and 20 threads in 6 P-Core (12 threads) and 8 E-Core (8 Threads) configurations. The cores will once again be based on the same 10ESF processing process, meaning there will be no productivity gains from production. However, the 13th Gen Raptor Cove & Gracemont core architectures are also present in this generation. Therefore, no efficiency or performance improvement is expected from the architecture. The amounts of cache are also unchanged: 24 MB of L3 cache and 20 MB of L2 cache. The main difference is in the clock speeds of the processor: 3.5 GHz / 5.3 GHz.

• Core i5 14600K: 14 cores (6+8) / 20 threads / 5.3 GHz / 24 MB L3 cache / 125 w / $319?
• Core i5 13600K: 14 cores (6+8) / 20 threads / 5.1 GHz / 24 MB L3 cache / 125 w / $319
• Core i5 12600K: 10 cores (6+4) / 16 threads / 4.9 GHz / 20 MB L3 cache / 125w / $318

As you can see from the specs above, the Core i5 14600K and Core i5 13600K are mostly the same, the only difference being the higher clock speeds.

Intel Core i5 14600KF performance

In terms of performance, the Core i5 14600KF scored 2794 points in the single-core tests and 17,190 points in the multi-core tests. For comparison, the Intel Core i5 13600KF scores 2644 points in single core and 14,634 points in multi-core. This indicates an improvement of 6 percent in single-core and up to 17.5 percent in multi-core performance. Compared to the Core i5-12600KF, the 14600KF offers a 15 percent single-core and 45 percent multi-core improvement.

In fact, the Core i5 14600K outperforms the Core i9 12900KF or even the Core i9 12900KS with these results, which is important. On the other hand, we can say that the success of this series will depend on Intel’s pricing. If they go on sale for the same or very similar price as current processors, they may be chips worth considering for owners of older Intel processors.

We expect more information about Intel’s 14th Gen Raptor Lake-S Refresh desktop processor family at the Innovation 2023 event in September, which will also be the launch platform for Intel’s Meteor Lake “Core Ultra” processors.