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Core i9-14900K vs Core Ultra 7 265K

Core i9-14900K scores higher overall and wins 3 of 5 areas, but Core Ultra 7 265K still wins 0.

Core i9-14900K

Intel · Oct 2023

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62 / 100 spec score

Higher overall

Area by area

Core i9-14900KCore Ultra 7 265K
Multi-core potentialCore i9-14900K leads10069
Single-core potentialCore i9-14900K leads9478
CacheCore i9-14900K leads2318
Efficiency2929
AI acceleration—26

Why pick Core i9-14900K

  • Threads: 32 vs 20
  • Cores: 24 vs 20
  • L3 / shared cache: 36 MB vs 30 MB
  • Max boost: 6.0 GHz vs 5.5 GHz

6.0 GHz boost

Why pick Core Ultra 7 265K

  • Base clock: 3.9 GHz vs 3.2 GHz

20 cores

Tiebreaker

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Your pick

Core i9-14900K

Scores 59 vs 44 on your weighting.

  1. Core i9-14900K59
  2. Core Ultra 7 265K44

Full specifications

Overview
Core i9-14900KCore Ultra 7 265K
SegmentDesktopDesktop
ArchitectureRaptor Lake RefreshArrow Lake-S
SocketLGA 1700LGA 1851
ProcessIntel 7TSMC N3B
Cores & clocks
Core i9-14900KCore Ultra 7 265K
Cores2420
Threads3220
Core layout8 P-cores + 16 E-cores8 P-cores + 12 E-cores
Base clock3.2 GHz3.9 GHz
Max boost6.0 GHz5.5 GHz
Cache & memory
Core i9-14900KCore Ultra 7 265K
L3 / shared cache36 MB30 MB
Memory supportDDR5-5600 / DDR4-3200DDR5-6400
Power & graphics
Core i9-14900KCore Ultra 7 265K
Base power (TDP)125 W125 W
Integrated graphicsIntel UHD Graphics 770Intel Graphics (4 Xe cores)
NPU—13 TOPS

Green marks the better value where “better” is clear. Specs from each maker’s published pages.