Intel Core i5-10400F vs Intel Core i5-14500

Core i5-10400F vs Core i5-14500 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-14500 performs better than the Core i5-10400F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10400F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-14500 has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i5-10400F that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10400F. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-10400F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14500. In terms of cache, the Core i5-14500 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-10400F. The Core i5-14500 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i5-10400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.