Intel Core i9-14900HX vs Intel Core i5-14400F

Core i9-14900HX vs Core i5-14400F comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-14900HX is faster than the Core i5-14400F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-14400F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-14900HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i5-14400F that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-14400F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900HX. Despite this, the Core i9-14900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-14900HX has more L2 cache than the Core i5-14400F. The Core i9-14900HX also has significantly 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 i9-14900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.