Intel Core i9-11900KF vs Intel Core i5-14400F

Core i9-11900KF vs Core i5-14400F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-14400F beats the Core i9-11900KF in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11900KF in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-14400F has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i9-11900KF that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-11900KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14400F. Also, the Core i9-11900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-14400F has more L2 cache than the Core i9-11900KF. The Core i5-14400F also has slightly 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. Indeed, the Core i9-11900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.