Intel Core i5-14400 vs Intel Core i7-12650HX

Core i5-14400 vs Core i7-12650HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-14400 beats the Core i7-12650HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12650HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12650HX has slightly more cores than the Core i5-14400. Indeed, the Core i7-12650HX has 14 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-14400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14400. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-14400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12650HX. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-12650HX has more L2 cache than the Core i5-14400. The Core i7-12650HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-14400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.