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Intel logo Core i5-14600K
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General information Core i5-14600K Core i3-540
Launched Q4 2023 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Raptor Lake Refresh Clarkdale
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 11.4 %
Cores 14 0 % 2 85.7 %
Threads 20 0 % 4 80 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 W 0 % 73 W 41.6 %
Lithography 10 nm 68.8 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 48 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 2 MB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 24 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel HD Graphics
Performance Core i5-14600K Core i3-540
Overall Score 70975 0 % 31563 55.5 %
Future Proof 97 % 0 % 17 % 82.5 %
Benchmark Score 25375 0 % 993 96.1 %
Single Thread Score 4294.3 0 % 1276.1 70.3 %
Encrypting Data 27910.5 MB/s 0 % 2284.4 MB/s 91.8 %
Compressing Data 481 MB/s 0 % 33.2 MB/s 93.1 %
String objects sorting 51718.4 thousand/s 0 % 4594.4 thousand/s 91.1 %
Prime numbers generation 160.7 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 93.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 128398 millions/s 0 % 7990.3 millions/s 93.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 93955.7 millions/s 0 % 3475.5 millions/s 96.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-14600K, Core i3-540.

Average frames per second Core i5-14600K Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 165.5 FPS 48.6 FPS
High settings 264.8 FPS 77.7 FPS
Medium settings 331.0 FPS 97.1 FPS
Low settings 413.8 FPS 121.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 70.7 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i5-14600K Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 175.5 FPS 106.3 FPS
High settings 280.8 FPS 170.0 FPS
Medium settings 350.9 FPS 212.5 FPS
Low settings 438.7 FPS 265.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 39.4 %
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