Intel Core i7-12700H vs Intel Core i5-14400

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 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

7424 points
8658 points
16% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9222 points
11300 points
22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6907 points
7821 points
13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6820 points
7610 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7238 points
7382 points
1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

194.62 points
202.91 points
4% slightly higher Blender score

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

2.3 GHz
2.5 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
Identical
4.7 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
40% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
192 GiB
200% significantly more supported memory

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache
20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

169th of 1,089
119th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-12700H vs Core i5-14400 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-14400 beats the Core i7-12700H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12700H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700H has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i5-14400 has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14400. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-14400 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12700H. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed.

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 i7-12700H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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