Intel Core i7-12700T vs Intel Core i5-14400F

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 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

8351 points
8601 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10838 points
11043 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7548 points
7824 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7300 points
7622 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

224.34 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
193.46 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9560 points
11074 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2256 points
2320 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
20% 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

1.4 GHz
2.5 GHz
78% significantly 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

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
192 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
26% slightly more L2 cache
9.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache
20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

132nd of 1,089
120th 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

Yes
-

Core i7-12700T vs Core i5-14400F benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14400F is faster than the Core i7-12700T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12700T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700T has slightly more cores than the Core i5-14400F. Indeed, the Core i7-12700T has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-14400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14400F. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-14400F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700T. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-12700T has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i5-14400F. The Core i7-12700T also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-12700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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