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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $524
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MSRP in USD: $524
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-14900F outperforms the cheaper Core i5-2550K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-14900F is 4361 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-2550K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-2550K
- Up to 81% cheaper than Core i9-14900F - $99.0 vs $529.99
Advantages of Intel Core i9-14900F
- Performs up to 4300% better in Cities: Skylines II than Core i5-2550K - 88 vs 2 FPS
- Up to 88% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Core i5-2550K - $6.02 vs $49.5 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-2550K - 32 vs 4 threads
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
BX80623I52550K Intel Core i5 Quad-core i5-2550K 3.4GHz Desktop Processor BX80623I52550K
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Core i9-14900F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024
FPS
88
100%
Value, $/FPS
$6.02/FPS
100%
Price, $
$529.99
18%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i9-14900F Desktop Processor 24 cores (8 P-cores + 16 E-cores) up to 5.8 GHz
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-2550K
Desktop • Jan 30th, 2012
Core i9-14900F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-2550K | vs | Intel Core i9-14900F |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 30th, 2012 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2024 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 24 |
| 4 | Threads | 32 |
3.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.0 GHz |
| 3.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.8 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
34.0x | Multiplier | 20.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-2550K or Core i9-14900F
Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
56 FPS
$42.86/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
Core i9-14900F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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72 FPS
$40.96/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Core i9-14900F
64 GB, N/A Storage
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63 FPS
$34.92/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
Core i9-14900F
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72 FPS
$68.18/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Core i9-14900F
16 GB, 8 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$40.96/FPS
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72 FPS
$42.35/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Core i9-14900F
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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72 FPS
$43.04/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Core i9-14900F
64 GB, 1 TB SSD
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72 FPS
$39.57/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Core i9-14900F
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