Intel Core i5-12500H vs Intel Core i5-14400F

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6875 points
8601 points
25% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9088 points
11043 points
21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6235 points
7824 points
25% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6100 points
7622 points
24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6198 points
7397 points
19% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.52 points
193.46 points
29% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
20% slightly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
Identical
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
4.7 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
40% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
192 GiB
200% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

5 MiB
9.5 MiB
89% significantly more L2 cache

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

201st 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
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i5-12500H vs Core i5-14400F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-14400F beats the Core i5-12500H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12500H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12500H has slightly more cores than the Core i5-14400F. Indeed, the Core i5-12500H has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-14400F. But they both have the same number of threads. Both the Core i5-12500H and Core i5-14400F have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i5-14400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-14400F has more L2 cache than the Core i5-12500H. The Core i5-14400F also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i5-12500H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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