Intel Core i5-12400 vs Intel Core i7-14700HX

Core i5-12400 vs Core i7-14700HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14700HX beats the Core i5-12400 in overall performance. 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 i7-14700HX has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12400. Indeed, the Core i7-14700HX has 20 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700HX.

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.