Intel Core i9-10900K vs Intel Core i5-14600K. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 10000 -
• Family
  Intel Core i9 Intel Core i (14th Gen)
• Generation
  10 -
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i9-9900K -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop
• Successor
  Intel Core i9-11900K -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.7 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal -
• CPU Cores
  10 14
• CPU Threads
  20 20
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes -
• Overclocking
  Yes -
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  5.3 GHz 5.3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
  4.9 GHz -
• E-core Base Clock
  - 2.6 GHz
• E-core Max Turbo
  - 4 GHz
• Efficient Cores
  - 8
• P-core Base Clock
  - 3.5 GHz
• P-core Max Turbo
  - 5.3 GHz
• Performance Cores
  - 6

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  24 32
• Generation
  9.5 -
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel UHD Graphics 770
• GPU Turbo
  1200 MHz 1550 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB -
• Release date
  Q4/2017 -
• Shader
  192 -
• Technology
  14 nm -

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No -
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode -
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode -
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode -
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode -
• VC-1
  Decode -
• VP8
  Decode / Encode -
• VP9
  Decode / Encode -

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-14600K and Intel Core i9-10900K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No -
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 192 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 DDR5-5600 / DDR4-3200
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes -

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-10900K and Intel Core i5-14600K Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  125 W -
• TDP (PL2)
  - 181 W
• TDP down
  95 W -
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  - 125 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-10900K and Intel Core i5-14600K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Comet Lake S Raptor Lake
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) -
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 -
• L2-Cache
  - 20 MB
• L3-Cache
  20 MB 24 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q4/2023
• Socket
  LGA 1200 FCLGA1700
• Technology
  14 nm Intel 7
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d -
• Intel Smart Cache
  - 24 MB