Core i9-13900KF vs Core i5-14600KF

Prices and Stock
MSRP $564

Intel Core i9-13900KF Processor 36 MB Smart Cache Box

Prices and Stock
MSRP $294

Intel® Core™ i5-14600KF Desktop Processor 14 Cores (6 P-Cores + 8 E-Cores) up to 5.3 GHz

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-13900KF outperforms the cheaper Core i5-14600KF on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-14600KF is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-13900KF is 385 days older than the cheaper Core i5-14600KF.

Advantages of Core i9-13900KF

Performs up to 1% better in Forza Horizon 5 than Core i5-14600KF - 187 vs 185 FPS
Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-14600KF - 32 vs 20 threads

Advantages of Core i5-14600KF

Up to 53% cheaper than Core i9-13900KF - $198.18 vs $417.64
Up to 52% better value when playing Forza Horizon 5 than Core i9-13900KF - $1.07 vs $2.23 per FPS

This is a free version of Forza Horizon 5.

Forza Horizon 5

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

Core i9-13900KF

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022

FPS

187

100%

Value, €/FPS

€2.23/FPS

48%

Price, €

€417.64

47%

FPS Winner

Intel Core i9-13900KF Processor 36 MB Smart Cache Box

Buy for €417.64 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 382 minutes ago

Core i5-14600KF

Desktop • Oct 17th, 2023

FPS

185

99%

Value, €/FPS

€1.07/FPS

100%

Price, €

€198.18

100%

Value Winner

Intel® Core™ i5-14600KF Desktop Processor 14 Cores (6 P-Cores + 8 E-Cores) up to 5.3 GHz

Buy for €198.18 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 381 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

Core i9-13900KF

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022

Core i5-14600KF

Desktop • Oct 17th, 2023

1920 x 1080

Ultra

162

FPS

167

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Ultra

738

FPS

766

FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

1920 x 1080

Very High

356

FPS

394

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

High

955

FPS

986

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

Epic

244

FPS

247

FPS

Fortnite

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Core i9-13900KF

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022

Single-Core

2973

100%

Multi-Core

20101

100%

Core i5-14600KF

Desktop • Oct 17th, 2023

Single-Core

2769

93%

Multi-Core

15636

78%

Core i9-13900KF	vs	Core i5-14600KF
Sep 27th, 2022	Release Date	Oct 17th, 2023
Core i9	Collection	Core i5
Raptor Lake	Codename	Raptor Lake
Intel Socket 1700	Socket	Intel Socket 1700
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
24	Cores	14
32	Threads	20
3.0 GHz	Base Clock Speed	3.5 GHz
5.8 GHz	Turbo Clock Speed	5.3 GHz
125 W	TDP	Not Available
10 nm	Process Size	10 nm
30.0x	Multiplier	35.0x
None	Integrated Graphics	None
Yes	Overclockable	Yes