Intel Core i5-9400F vs Intel Core i7-14650HX

Core i5-9400F vs Core i7-14650HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14650HX beats the Core i5-9400F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9400F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14650HX has significantly more cores than the Core i5-9400F. Indeed, the Core i7-14650HX has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-9400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9400F. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-9400F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-14650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14650HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-14650HX has more L2 cache than the Core i5-9400F. The Core i7-14650HX 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. For instance, the Core i5-9400F has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.