Intel Core i5-14500

The Core i5-14500 is a locked 14th Gen Intel Core desktop chip for the LGA1700 socket. It pairs 6 performance cores with Hyper-Threading with 8 efficient cores, 20 threads in total. Performance cores boost to 5.0 GHz and efficient cores to 3.7 GHz, and it has 24 MB of L3 cache and 11.5 MB of L2 cache. Base power is 65 W with a 154 W maximum turbo power. It supports DDR5 up to 4800 MT/s or DDR4 up to 3200 MT/s, up to 192 GB, and ECC memory on a board that supports it. The multiplier is locked, so it cannot be overclocked.

Everyday tasks, office work and multitasking are no challenge, and the extra efficient cores over the Core i5-14400 help in work that spreads across many threads, such as video exports, 3D rendering, code compiles and running several apps at once. In games, the six performance cores and higher boost clock matter most, so it plays at a similar level to other current six performance core Intel chips when paired with a good graphics card. To get its full multi-core speed you need a motherboard that allows its full turbo power and a cooler that can handle it.

Intel UHD Graphics 770 with 32 execution units at up to 1.55 GHz is built in and can run up to four displays. It handles office work, 4K video and Intel Quick Sync hardware encoding and decoding for video editing and streaming. It is not built for modern games, so a graphics card is still the way to go for gaming. Having it means the PC works without a graphics card, which suits office and workstation builds.

Compared with the Core i5-14400, the 14500 adds four efficient cores, more cache, higher clocks and UHD Graphics 770. The Core i5-14600 is a small step up again in clocks and DDR5 speed. AMD's Ryzen 5 7600 and Ryzen 5 9600 have 6 cores and 12 threads on AM5, with a longer upgrade path, but they need DDR5. Intel's Core Ultra 5 245 is the successor on the new LGA1851 socket and adds an NPU. The comparison pages below show each spec side by side.

Yes, if you want a locked Core i5 with extra multi-core muscle for editing, rendering or heavy multitasking on an LGA1700 board, and you want integrated graphics as a fallback. For a pure gaming build with a graphics card, the Core i5-14400F usually gives better value. LGA1700 has no newer CPUs coming, so if a future drop-in upgrade matters, look at AM5 instead.