Intel Core i5-12400F vs Intel Core i5-14500T

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7069 points
8117 points
14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9794 points
10172 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points
7544 points
21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6009 points
7468 points
24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9125 points
9642 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2218 points
2371 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
14
133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
20
66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
47% significantly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.8 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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
24 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

188th of 1,089
146th 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
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Core i5-12400F vs Core i5-14500T comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14500T is faster than the Core i5-12400F. Despite this, the Core i5-12400F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-14500T has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i5-12400F that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400F. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12400F has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-14500T. Despite this, the Core i5-14500T has a slightly higher turbo speed.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-12400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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