Intel Core i5-12400 vs Intel Core i5-14400

Core i5-12400 vs Core i5-14400 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14400 is faster than the Core i5-12400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12400 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 i5-12400. Indeed, the Core i5-14400 has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400. According to our data, the Core i5-12400 and Core i5-14400 have the same clock speed. 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 i5-12400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.