Intel Core i5-14400F vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235T

Compare Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 10 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 14 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

8601 points
8919 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11043 points
12454 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7824 points
0.04% slightly better multitasking score
7821 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7622 points
0.67% slightly better heavy workload score
7571 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
14
40% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
14% slightly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
24
20% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

192 GiB
256 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

9.5 MiB
26 MiB
173% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
24 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

120th of 1,089
113th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i5 (14th gen)
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-6400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Core i5-14400F vs Core Ultra 5 235T specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 235T performs better than the Core i5-14400F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-14400F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 235T has slightly more cores than the Core i5-14400F. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 235T has 14 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-14400F. Despite this, the Core i5-14400F has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 235T. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-14400F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 235T. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 235T has more L2 cache than the Core i5-14400F. The Core Ultra 5 235T also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i5-14400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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