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£188.63
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MSRP $589
Key Differences
In short — Core i9-14900K outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8600K on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-8600K is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-14900K is 2203 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8600K.
Advantages of Core i5-8600K
- Up to 57% cheaper than Core i9-14900K - £188.63 vs £435.39
- Up to 52% better value when playing Dead Space than Core i9-14900K - £1.23 vs £2.58 per FPS
Advantages of Core i9-14900K
- Performs up to 10% better in Dead Space than Core i5-8600K - 169 vs 153 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600K - 32 vs 6 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-8600K doesn't have integrated graphics
Dead Space
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8600K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
FPS
153
91%
Value, £/FPS
£1.23/FPS
100%
Price, £
£188.63
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i5-8600K Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.60GHz/9MB/Coffee Lake/95W/Graphics)
Buy for £188.63 on Amazon
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Updated 7194 minutes ago
Core i9-14900K
Desktop • Oct 17th, 2023
FPS
169
100%
Value, £/FPS
£2.58/FPS
48%
Price, £
£435.39
43%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-14900K Desktop Processor 24 cores (8 P-cores + 16 E-cores) up to 6.0 GHz
Buy for £435.39 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 7193 minutes ago
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8600K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Core i9-14900K
Desktop • Oct 17th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8600K | vs | Core i9-14900K |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Oct 17th, 2023 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 24 |
| 6 | Threads | 32 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 6.0 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Core i5-8600K or Core i9-14900K
With selected game settings
169 FPS
£24.27/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-14900K
64 GB, N/A Storage
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161 FPS
£34.78/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090 D
Core i9-14900K
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£5,600
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169 FPS
£37.28/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-14900K
16 GB, N/A Storage
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