Intel Core i5-14500T vs Intel Core 7 240H

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

8117 points
8164 points
0.58% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10172 points
10592 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7544 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
7427 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7468 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
7270 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
40% slightly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.7 GHz
2.5 GHz
47% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5.2 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% 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
100% significantly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

11.5 MiB
21% slightly more L2 cache
9.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
Identical
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

146th of 1,089
141st of 1,089

Family

The product line

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

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-5600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i5-14500T vs Core 7 240H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 7 240H performs better than the Core i5-14500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-14500T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-14500T has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core 7 240H has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core 7 240H. Our comparison shows that the Core 7 240H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14500T. Also, the Core 7 240H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-14500T has more L2 cache than the Core 7 240H. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 i5-14500T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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