Intel Core i5-12600KF vs Intel Core i5-14400F

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 i5-14400F

Price

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$ 169.09

$ 54.60 significantly less expensive

$ 223.69

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9948 points

14% slightly better overall score

8667 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12699 points

14% slightly better gaming score

11122 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9060 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

7886 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8845 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

7685 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7997 points

8% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

7397 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

226.61 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

193.46 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12301 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

11074 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2520 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2320 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

92nd of 1,092

119th of 1,092

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

Core i5-12600KF vs Core i5-14400F specs and performance

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

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12600KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14400F. Also, the Core i5-12600KF 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 i5-12600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.