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£136.56
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AvailabilityMSRP $589
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MSRP $589
Key Differences
In short — Core i9-14900K outperforms the cheaper Core i7-8700 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i7-8700 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-14900K is 2115 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-8700.
Advantages of Core i7-8700
- Up to 68% cheaper than Core i9-14900K - £136.56 vs £432.97
- Up to 28% better value when playing League of Legends than Core i9-14900K - £0.76 vs £1.05 per FPS
Advantages of Core i9-14900K
- Performs up to 129% better in League of Legends than Core i7-8700 - 413 vs 180 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-8700 - 32 vs 12 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-8700 doesn't have integrated graphics
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
FPS
180
44%
Value, £/FPS
£0.76/FPS
100%
Price, £
£136.56
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i7-8700 Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.20GHz/12MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics)
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Updated 256 minutes ago
Core i9-14900K
Desktop • Oct 17th, 2023
FPS
413
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.05/FPS
72%
Price, £
£432.97
31%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-14900K Desktop Processor 24 cores (8 P-cores + 16 E-cores) up to 6.0 GHz
Buy for £432.97 on Amazon
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Updated 749 minutes ago
Trending Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
Core i9-14900K
Desktop • Oct 17th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-8700 | vs | Core i9-14900K |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 1st, 2018 | Release Date | Oct 17th, 2023 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 24 |
| 12 | Threads | 32 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 6.0 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PC Builds Using Core i7-8700 or Core i9-14900K
With selected game settings
413 FPS
£9.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-14900K
64 GB, N/A Storage
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£4,102.3
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411 FPS
£13.63/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090 D
Core i9-14900K
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£5,600
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413 FPS
£15.25/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-14900K
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£6,300
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