Intel Core i3-12100 vs Intel Core i5-14400

Core i3-12100 vs Core i5-14400 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-14400 beats the Core i3-12100 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-12100 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-14400 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-12100. Indeed, the Core i5-14400 has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-12100. It also has more threads than the Core i3-12100. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-12100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14400. Despite this, the Core i5-14400 has a slightly higher turbo speed.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-12100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.