What counts in the end: Who offers the best package? And a super-fast processor alone is not enough. The test winner was Intel's Core i7-14700K. The 20-core processor was extremely fast, its graphics chip offered a decent speed and it left nothing to be desired in terms of energy consumption...

The speed differences between the Core 17-14700K and its predecessor, the Core i7-13700K, are large and noticeable - not least because Intel has made the biggest technical innovations of all 14000 CPUs in the 14700K. However, the speed advantages of the smaller Core i5 processors 14500 and 14400F are only marginal...