Intel Core i9-12900H vs Intel Core i5-14400

Core i9-12900H vs Core i5-14400 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-14400 performs better than the Core i9-12900H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900H has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i5-14400 that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14400. Both the Core i9-12900H and Core i5-14400 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i9-12900H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i9-12900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.