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

Core i5-12400 vs Core i7-14700KF comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-14700KF 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-14700KF has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Core i5-12400 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-14700KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12400. Also, the Core i7-14700KF 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.