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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $232
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-14500 outperforms the cheaper Core i7-8700K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-14500 is 2286 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-8700K.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-8700K
- Up to 22% cheaper than Core i5-14500 - $186.0 vs $239.99
Advantages of Intel Core i5-14500
- Performs up to 35% better in War Thunder than Core i7-8700K - 257 vs 190 FPS
- Up to 5% better value when playing War Thunder than Core i7-8700K - $0.93 vs $0.98 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-8700K - 20 vs 12 threads
War Thunder
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Intel Core i7-8700K Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.7GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA1151 300 Series 95W
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Core i5-14500
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024
FPS
257
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.93/FPS
100%
Price, $
$239.99
77%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-14500 Desktop Processor 14 cores (6 P-cores + 8 E-cores) up to 5.0 GHz
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Updated 179 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Core i7-8700K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Core i5-14500
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-8700K | vs | Intel Core i5-14500 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2024 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 14 |
| 12 | Threads | 20 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.6 GHz |
| 4.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.0 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-8700K or Core i5-14500
War Thunder, 1920 x 1080, Movie
149 FPS
$10.07/FPS
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Core i7-8700K
16 GB, 2 TB HDD
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