Intel Core i5-14400F vs Intel Core i7-12850HX

Core i5-14400F vs Core i7-12850HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-14400F performs better than the Core i7-12850HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12850HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12850HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-14400F has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14400F. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-14400F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12850HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12850HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-12850HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-14400F. The Core i7-12850HX 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 i5-14400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.