Intel

Intel Core i9-14900K

Previous generationCore 14th genReleased October 17, 2023Launch price $589

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Geekbench 6 CPU Single-core2,661points#14 of 16 Geekbench 6 CPU Multi-core21,933points#8 of 16 Cinebench 2024 Multi-core2,203points#6 of 17 Counter-Strike 2 1080p Ultra658fps#11 of 17

Intel's last Raptor Lake flagship: 24 cores, 32 threads and a 6 GHz boost, level with the 270K Plus in Tom's Hardware's game tests and strong in work, but hot and power-hungry (253 W turbo). Run current BIOS with Intel's microcode fixes for the 13th/14th-gen instability, and budget for a 360 mm cooler. LGA 1700 has no further upgrades.

Against the line-up

Geekbench 6 CPU Single-core · points

#14 of 16 · Geekbench Browser
  1. 1Ryzen 9 9950X3D23,163
  2. 2Ryzen 7 9850X3D3,122
  3. 3Ryzen 9 9950X3D3,058
  4. 4Ryzen 9 9950X3,048
  5. 13Ryzen 9 9900X3D2,689
  6. 14Core i9-14900K2,661
  7. 15Ryzen 5 7600X2,607

Geekbench 6 CPU Multi-core · points

#8 of 16 · Geekbench Browser
  1. 1Ryzen 9 9950X3D228,167
  2. 2Core Ultra 7 270K Plus27,402
  3. 3Ryzen 9 9950X3D26,572
  4. 4Core Ultra 9 285K25,837
  5. 7Ryzen 9 9900X22,068
  6. 8Core i9-14900K21,933
  7. 9Core Ultra 5 250K Plus21,849

Cinebench 2024 Multi-core · points

#6 of 17 · Tom's Hardware
  1. 1Ryzen 9 9950X3D22,529
  2. 2Core Ultra 7 270K Plus2,509
  3. 3Ryzen 9 9950X3D2,423
  4. 4Ryzen 9 9950X2,344
  5. 5Core Ultra 9 285K2,313
  6. 6Core i9-14900K2,203
  7. 7Core Ultra 7 265K2,058

Counter-Strike 2 1080p Ultra · fps

#11 of 17 · Tom's Hardware
  1. 1Ryzen 7 9850X3D758
  2. 2Ryzen 9 9950X3D742
  3. 3Ryzen 7 9800X3D736
  4. 4Ryzen 9 9950X3D2732
  5. 10Core Ultra 7 270K Plus663
  6. 11Core i9-14900K658
  7. 12Ryzen 5 9600X644

Cyberpunk 2077 1080p Ultra · fps

#7 of 17 · Tom's Hardware
  1. 1Ryzen 7 9850X3D148
  2. 2Ryzen 7 9800X3D143
  3. 3Ryzen 9 9950X3D141
  4. 4Ryzen 9 9950X3D2141
  5. 6Ryzen 9 9900X3D119
  6. 7Core i9-14900K117
  7. 8Core Ultra 7 270K Plus116

Blender Benchmark samples/min

#6 of 17 · Blender Open Data
  1. 1Ryzen 9 9950X3D2687
  2. 2Ryzen 9 9950X3D663
  3. 3Ryzen 9 9950X625
  4. 4Core Ultra 7 270K Plus611
  5. 5Core Ultra 9 285K562
  6. 6Core i9-14900K508
  7. 7Ryzen 9 9900X501

The whole Processors line-up side by side, with prices

Every benchmark

Quoted from the publications that ran them; we don't test hardware ourselves. Figures from different publications were run on different systems and scenes, so compare within a row's source.

Cyberpunk 2077

SettingResultSource
1080p High
one source		 152fps Gamers Nexus, Aug 17, 2026
GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition, DDR5-6000 CL30
Phantom Liberty test scene; GN CPU mega chart
1080p Ultra
one source		 117fps Tom's Hardware, Apr 21, 2026
GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition

Counter-Strike 2

SettingResultSource
1080p Ultra
one source		 658fps Tom's Hardware, Apr 21, 2026
GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition

Blender Benchmark

SettingResultSource
Standard run
one source		 508samples/min Blender Open Data, Oct 19, 2026
Median of 275 user CPU results, Blender 4.5.0

Geekbench 6 CPU

SettingResultSource
Multi-core
one source		 21,933points Geekbench Browser, Sep 16, 2026
Geekbench Browser's processor chart (average of user-submitted results), as archived on 16 Sep 2026
Single-core
one source		 2,661points Geekbench Browser, Sep 16, 2026
Geekbench Browser's processor chart (average of user-submitted results), as archived on 16 Sep 2026

Cinebench 2024

SettingResultSource
Multi-core
one source		 2,203points Tom's Hardware, Apr 21, 2026

Sources

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