Intel
Intel Core i7-14700
The locked version of the only 14th-gen chip that got a real configuration change: 8 P-cores plus 12 E-cores, four more E-cores than the i7-13700, in a 65 W-rated retail box with a cooler included. It is the multi-threaded throughput pick of LGA1700 for compiling and rendering if you were never going to overclock anyway.
Pros
- 20 cores / 28 threads delivers rendering and compile throughput close to the 14700K for less money
- Four more E-cores than the i7-13700 it replaces, worth roughly 10-15% in all-core work
- 5.4 GHz single-core turbo, only 200 MHz behind the unlocked K version
- 65 W base power keeps idle and light-load draw genuinely low
- Boxed Laminar RM1 cooler included, adequate for stock mixed-use workloads
Cons
- The 65 W rating is nominal only: PL2 is 219 W and all-core loads sit there, where the bundled cooler throttles
- Locked multiplier, so tuning is limited to power limits and memory
- Covered by Intel's Vmin-shift instability advisory; a used unit needs 0x12B microcode and may have already run degraded
- CPU provides PCIe 5.0 only to the x16 graphics slot - the CPU-attached M.2 link is Gen4
Very good
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core i7-14700
General
- Announced
- 2024
- Socket
- LGA1700
- Process
- 10 nm
- Base TDP
- 65 W
- Max turbo power
- 219 W
- Unlocked multiplier
- No
- Cooler included
- Yes
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 20
- Performance cores
- 8
- Efficiency cores
- 12
- Threads
- 28
- Base clock
- 2.1 GHz
- Boost clock
- 5.4 GHz
- L2 cache
- 28 MB
- L3 cache
- 33 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Intel UHD Graphics 770
- iGPU clock
- 1,600 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- DDR5-5600 / DDR4-3200
- Max memory
- 192 GB
- Memory channels
- 2
Platform
- PCIe version
- 5
- CPU PCIe lanes
- 20
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,920
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 17,800
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 2,130
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 32,500
- PassMark
- 49,000
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core i7-14700 good in 2026?
The Intel Core i7-14700 earns an Inno Score of 77/100 (“Very good”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The locked version of the only 14th-gen chip that got a real configuration change: 8 P-cores plus 12 E-cores, four more E-cores than the i7-13700, in a 65 W-rated retail box with a cooler included. It is the multi-threaded throughput pick of LGA1700 for compiling and rendering if you were never going to overclock anyway.
What are the key specs of the Intel Core i7-14700?
Cores: 20 · Threads: 28 · Boost clock: 5.4 GHz · Socket: LGA1700
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core i7-14700?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Intel Core i7-13700K, AMD Ryzen 9 7900X — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.