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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $549
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-14900 outperforms the cheaper Core i7-2600K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-14900 is 4747 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-2600K.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-2600K
- Up to 87% cheaper than Core i9-14900 - $79.0 vs $612.45
Advantages of Intel Core i9-14900
- Performs up to 4150% better in Cities: Skylines II than Core i7-2600K - 85 vs 2 FPS
- Up to 82% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Core i7-2600K - $7.21 vs $39.5 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-2600K - 32 vs 8 threads
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel Core i7-2600K Quad-Core Processor 3.4 Ghz 8 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623I72600K
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Core i9-14900
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024
FPS
85
100%
Value, $/FPS
$7.21/FPS
100%
Price, $
$612.45
12%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i9-14900 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 i7-2600K
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Core i9-14900
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-2600K | vs | Intel Core i9-14900 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 9th, 2011 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2024 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 24 |
| 8 | 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 |
| Intel HD 3000 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-2600K or Core i9-14900
Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
31 FPS
$74.16/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i9-14900
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$2,299
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37 FPS
$58.08/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Core i9-14900
64 GB, 4 TB SSD
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$2,149
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37 FPS
$58.08/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Core i9-14900
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$2,149
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37 FPS
$64.84/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
Core i9-14900
64 GB, 4 TB SSD
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$2,399
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69 FPS
$36.14/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Core i9-14900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$2,493.77
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37 FPS
$66.22/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Core i9-14900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$2,449.99
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85 FPS
$50.21/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-14900
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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