Intel Core i9-13950HX vs Intel Core i5-14400

Core i9-13950HX vs Core i5-14400 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14400 is faster than the Core i9-13950HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13950HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13950HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i5-14400 that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-14400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13950HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13950HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-13950HX has more L2 cache than the Core i5-14400. The Core i9-13950HX also has significantly more 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 i9-13950HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.