Intel
Intel Core i7-14700K
The one 14th-gen K part that meaningfully changed versus its predecessor, adding four E-cores over the i7-13700K for 20 cores and 28 threads at up to 5.6 GHz. It matches the i9 in nearly all games for substantially less money, provided you can feed and cool a 253 W turbo budget.
Pros
- 20 cores / 28 threads gives roughly 10-15% more multi-threaded throughput than the i7-13700K
- 5.6 GHz P-core boost lands within a couple of percent of the i9-14900K in gaming
- Unlocked with per-core, E-core ratio and ring/uncore tuning headroom
- 33 MB L3 and 28 MB L2, only 3 MB of L3 behind the flagship
- Works on DDR4 or DDR5 LGA1700 boards, including 2021-era Z690
Cons
- 253 W maximum turbo power realistically requires a 280 or 360 mm AIO to avoid all-core throttling
- One of the SKUs at the centre of the Vmin-shift degradation issue; only buy with 0x12B-or-newer microcode and check remaining warranty on used units
- Package temperatures routinely reach 95-100 °C in sustained all-core loads even with strong cooling
- Performance per watt is far behind equivalent AM5 Ryzen parts under load
Excellent
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core i7-14700K
General
- Announced
- 2023
- Socket
- LGA1700
- Process
- 10 nm
- Base TDP
- 125 W
- Max turbo power
- 253 W
- Unlocked multiplier
- Yes
- Cooler included
- No
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 20
- Performance cores
- 8
- Efficiency cores
- 12
- Threads
- 28
- Base clock
- 3.4 GHz
- Boost clock
- 5.6 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)
- 3,000
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 19,300
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 2,200
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 35,500
- PassMark
- 54,000
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core i7-14700K good in 2026?
The Intel Core i7-14700K earns an Inno Score of 80.9/100 (“Excellent”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The one 14th-gen K part that meaningfully changed versus its predecessor, adding four E-cores over the i7-13700K for 20 cores and 28 threads at up to 5.6 GHz. It matches the i9 in nearly all games for substantially less money, provided you can feed and cool a 253 W turbo budget.
What are the key specs of the Intel Core i7-14700K?
Cores: 20 · Threads: 28 · Boost clock: 5.6 GHz · Socket: LGA1700
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core i7-14700K?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Intel Core i7-14700 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.