Intel Core i7-14700K vs Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3

Last updated: 2023-11-28

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-14700K		Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3
CPU comparison Intel Core i7-14700K or Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Intel Core i7-14700K has 20 cores with 28 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.60 GHz. Up to 192 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-14700K was released in Q4/2023. The Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 768 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 was released in Q3/2014.

Intel Core i7 (298)	Family	Intel Xeon E5 (71)
Intel Core i 14000 (23)	CPU group	Intel Xeon E5 v3 (32)
14	Generation	5
Raptor Lake S Refresh	Architecture	Haswell E
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
Intel Core i7-13700K	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v4

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i7-14700K has 20 CPU cores and can calculate 28 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-14700K is 3.40 GHz (5.60 GHz) while the Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 has 16 CPU cores and 32 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 is at 2.30 GHz (3.60 GHz).
Intel Core i7-14700K	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3
20	Cores	16
28	Threads	32
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
3.40 GHz (5.60 GHz) 8x Raptor Cove	A-Core	2.30 GHz (3.60 GHz)
2.50 GHz (4.30 GHz) 12x Gracemont	B-Core	--
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Core i7-14700K	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Intel Core i7-14700K or Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
Intel UHD Graphics 770	GPU	no iGPU
0.30 GHz	GPU frequency	--
1.60 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
11	GPU Generation	--
10 nm	Technology
3	Max. displays
32	Compute units	--
256	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
64 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Intel UHD Graphics 770	GPU	no iGPU
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
Decode	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i7-14700K can use up to 192 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 89.6 GB/s. The Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 supports up to 768 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 68.2 GB/s.
Intel Core i7-14700K	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3
DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200	Memory	DDR4-2133
192 GB	Max. Memory	768 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	4 (Quad Channel)
89.6 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	68.2 GB/s
Yes	ECC	Yes
28.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
33.00 MB	L3 Cache	40.00 MB
5.0	PCIe version	3.0
20	PCIe lanes	40
78.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i7-14700K is 125 W, while the Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 has a TDP of 135 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Core i7-14700K	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3
125 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	135 W
253 W	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Core i7-14700K is manufactured in 10 nm and has 61.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 40.00 MB cache.
Intel Core i7-14700K	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3
10 nm	Technology	22 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
LGA 1700	Socket	LGA 2011-3
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2023	Release date	Q3/2014
--	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i7-14700K (100%)

Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 (41%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i7-14700K (100%)

Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 (40%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i7-14700K 20C 28T @ 5.60 GHz	2204 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz	914 (41%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i7-14700K 20C 28T @ 5.30 GHz	24218 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 16C 32T @ 3.00 GHz	11089 (46%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core i7-14700K 20C 28T @ 5.60 GHz	2898 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz	1147 (40%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core i7-14700K 20C 28T @ 5.30 GHz	19765 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 16C 32T @ 3.00 GHz	7362 (37%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i7-14700K 20C 28T @ 5.30 GHz	52885 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 16C 32T @ 3.00 GHz	18868 (36%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i7-14700K 20C 28T @ 3.40 GHz	14988 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz	6076 (41%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i7-14700K 20C 28T @ 5.60 GHz	131 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i7-14700K 20C 28T @ 5.60 GHz	2021 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i7-14700K 20C 28T @ 5.60 GHz	2228 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i7-14700K 20C 28T @ 5.30 GHz	33572 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 16C 32T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Core i7-14700K Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.60 GHz	820 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i7-14700K 20C 28T @ 5.30 GHz	908 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 16C 32T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i7-14700K 20C 28T @ 5.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz	139 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i7-14700K 20C 28T @ 5.30 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 16C 32T @ 3.00 GHz	2544 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.


	Intel Core i7-14700K 33,572 CB R23 MC @ 209 W	161 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 2.30 GHz	0 (0%)

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