Intel Core i5-14400F vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 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
10700 points
24% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11043 points
2% slightly better gaming score
10758 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7824 points
10731 points
37% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7622 points
10842 points
42% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

193.46 points
458.15 points
136% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
16
60% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
32
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
2.9 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5.3 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

9.5 MiB
137% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
150% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

120th of 1,089
75th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i5 (14th gen)
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Core i5-14400F vs Ryzen 9 8940HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14400F is faster than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8940HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has significantly more cores than the Core i5-14400F. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has 16 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-14400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14400F. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-14400F has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Core i5-14400F also has significantly 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.

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