Intel Core i5-12600K vs Intel Core i5-14400

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 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 i5-14400

Price

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$ 184.46

$ 7.54 slightly less expensive

$ 192.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9422 points

8% slightly better overall score

8658 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12057 points

6% slightly better gaming score

11300 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8581 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

7821 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8381 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

7610 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8019 points

8% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

7382 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

233.94 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

202.91 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11863 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

10690 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2478 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2329 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

47% significantly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

4.7 GHz

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

20 MiB

Identical

20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

102nd of 1,089

119th 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

2021 November

2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-12600K vs Core i5-14400 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600K is faster than the Core i5-14400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-14400 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12600K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-14400. Also, the Core i5-12600K 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 i5-12600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.