i7-14700KF vs Pentium E5500

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium E5500
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.67
Core i7-14700KF
2023
20 cores / 28 threads, 125 Watt
34.50
+5049%

i7-14700KF outperforms Pentium E5500 by a whopping 5049% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5500 and Core i7-14700KF processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2712109
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Raptor Lake-R (2023−2024)
Release date18 April 2010 (14 years ago)17 October 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium E5500 and Core i7-14700KF basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads228
Base clock speed2.8 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz5.6 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (shared)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB33 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size82 mm2257 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °C100 °C
Number of transistors228 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5500 and Core i7-14700KF compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketLGA775FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5500 and Core i7-14700KF. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Demand Based Switching-no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
StatusDiscontinuedLaunched
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium E5500 and Core i7-14700KF technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E5500 and Core i7-14700KF are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5500 and Core i7-14700KF. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data192 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data89.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E5500 and Core i7-14700KF.

PCIe version2.05.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium E5500 0.67
i7-14700KF 34.50
+5049%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium E5500 1037
i7-14700KF 53194
+5030%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pentium E5500 300
i7-14700KF 2995
+898%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pentium E5500 480
i7-14700KF 19560
+3975%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.67 34.50
Recency 18 April 2010 17 October 2023
Physical cores 2 20
Threads 2 28
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 125 Watt

Pentium E5500 has 92.3% lower power consumption.

i7-14700KF, on the other hand, has a 5049.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, and 900% more physical cores and 1300% more threads.

The Core i7-14700KF is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium E5500 in performance tests.


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