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£166.66
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Prices and StockMSRP $232
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MSRP $232
Key Differences
In short — Core i5-14500 outperforms the cheaper Core i7-2600K on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i7-2600K is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-14500 is 4747 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-2600K.
Advantages of Core i7-2600K
- Up to 28% cheaper than Core i5-14500 - £166.66 vs £232.51
- Up to 24% better value when playing Stray than Core i5-14500 - £0.94 vs £1.24 per FPS
Advantages of Core i5-14500
- Performs up to 6% better in Stray than Core i7-2600K - 188 vs 177 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-2600K - 20 vs 8 threads
Stray
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-2600K
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
FPS
177
94%
Value, £/FPS
£0.94/FPS
100%
Price, £
£166.66
100%
Value Winner
CORE I7-2600K 3.40GHZ
Buy for £166.66 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 349 minutes ago
Intel Core i5-14500 Desktop Processor 14 cores (6 P-cores + 8 E-cores) up to 5.0 GHz
Buy for £232.51 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 349 minutes ago
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-2600K
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Core i5-14500
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-2600K | vs | Core i5-14500 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 9th, 2011 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2024 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 14 |
| 8 | Threads | 20 |
3.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.6 GHz |
| 3.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.0 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
34.0x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
| Intel HD 3000 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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