The exception that proves the rule was the release of the six-core Sandy Bridge-E processors back in 2011. Three years on, we finally have another substantial leap in CPU power: the Core i7 5960X ...

Why is the older chip still the go-to option? Intel's latest desktop processors were hardly an upgrade — you can check out our Core i7-13700K vs. i7-14700K comparison for a deeper dive — and ...

Over a dozen generations of Intel Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 CPUs have come and gone since then but most consumers are still asking the same kinds of questions. Intel Core i3, Core i5 or Core i7?

So long as you're happy to keep your 13th Gen Intel CPU for a few years and upgrade both it and your motherboard to a new CPU socket when you need to, then the Core i7-13700K is the better bet ...

The Intel Core i7-14700K is possibly the only great processor ... For Intel chips, I used the same motherboard, RAM, SSD, and graphics card to ensure I was isolating just the CPU's performance ...

then upgrading to the likes of the Core i7-14700K would net you a huge performance boost. (It'll also require a new motherboard, of course.) If you are just gaming and have an 11th Gen Intel ...

However, there are extra costs involved with the AMD CPU, as it requires you to buy a new motherboard and DDR5 memory. Comparatively, the Core i7 13700K will work fine with your old DDR4 memory ...