Intel Core i5-12400 vs Intel Core i5-14400F

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-14400F

Price

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$ 153.99

$ 69.70 significantly less expensive

$ 223.69

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7038 points

8601 points

22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9694 points

11043 points

13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points

7824 points

25% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6013 points

7622 points

26% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5938 points

7397 points

24% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.62 points

193.46 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8875 points

11074 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points

2320 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

Identical

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

4.7 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

192 GiB

49% significantly more supported memory

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB

20 MiB

11% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

190th of 1,089

120th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Core i5-12400 vs Core i5-14400F comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14400F 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-14400F has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i5-12400 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400. In terms of clock speed, the Core i5-12400 and Core i5-14400F are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i5-14400F has a slightly higher turbo speed.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-12400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.