Intel Core i9-10900K vs Intel Core i5-14400

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 10 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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Intel Core i5-14400

Price

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$ 484.10

$ 192.00

$ 292.10 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8226 points

8658 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8838 points

11300 points

27% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8007 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

7821 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7938 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

7610 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8988 points

21% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

7382 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

231.23 points

13% slightly higher Blender score

202.91 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9141 points

10690 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1778 points

2329 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

47% significantly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

4.7 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

2.5 MiB

9.5 MiB

280% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB

Identical

20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

138th of 1,089

119th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9

Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-10900K vs Core i5-14400 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14400 is faster than the Core i9-10900K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i9-10900K has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10900K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-14400. Also, the Core i9-10900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-14400 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10900K. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 i9-10900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.