Core i5-14600K vs Core i5-13600K
The Core i5-14600K is about 7% faster than the Core i5-13600K. Here is where that gap comes from, what each one draws to get there, and whether it is the difference you are actually paying for.
Core i5-14600K +7%
Measured against the Core i5-13600K across the catalogue's combined workload index.
Where the gap is
Each row is scaled to the larger of the two values, so the bars show how much of the leader the other one reaches — not a shared scale across rows. The real figure is printed on every bar.
Side by side
| Specification | Core i5-13600K | Core i5-14600K |
|---|---|---|
| Performance index | 7000 | 7500 |
| Cores | 14 | 14 |
| Threads | 20 | 20 |
| Boost clock | 5.1 GHz | 5.3 GHz |
| Base clock | 3.5 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Power draw | 181 W | 181 W |
| Socket | LGA 1700 | LGA 1700 |
| Architecture | Raptor Lake | Raptor Lake Refresh |
| Codename | Raptor Lake-S | — |
| Socket | Intel Socket 1700 | — |
| Process node | 10 nm | — |
| L2 cache | 2,048 KB | — |
| L3 cache | 24,576 KB | — |
| Memory channels | 2 | — |
| Released | 2022-09-27 | — |
Detailed specifications from TechPowerUp.
How the gap is worked out
The percentage compares the two parts on the same relative performance index the site's bottleneck and build tools use, expressed as a share of the slower one. It is a single combined figure, not a frame rate: a specific game at a specific resolution can and will land either side of it, and a card with more memory pulls further ahead the moment a title needs that memory. Treat it as the size of the gap, not as a measurement of your machine.
Pair it with a processor
A faster card only shows up as faster frames if the processor can keep up with it. The bottleneck detector takes both and says which one is holding the other back.
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