Intel Core i5 14400F vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 14400F with 10-cores against the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5700X with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
67.4
(Good)
Value Index
57.1
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5700X and 14400F
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14400F
  • Newer - released 1 year and 10 months later
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Around 25.6 GB/s (50%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
  • 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2402 vs 2166 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 477
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3191
Cinebench Scores (177th and 200th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2402
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
12600
File compression 1180 MB/sec 1060 MB/sec
Clang compilation 82.1 Klines/sec 78.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 322.7 pages/sec 209.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 378.8 Mpixels/sec 307.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 241.4 pages/sec 217.9 pages/sec
Background blur 54.2 images/sec 41.4 images/sec
Photo processing 125.5 images/sec 76.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.6 Mpixels/sec 18.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 80 & 637 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
26561
Integer math 81.5 GOps/sec 92.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 61.3 GOps/sec 51.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 86M Primes/sec 117M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 33.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.9 GBytes/sec 20.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 315.5 MBytes/sec 323.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1518 Frames/sec 1325 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.9B Matrices/sec 21.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6004 & 21736 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
205.55

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.3 PPW 12.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 193.8 PPW 158.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 391.6 PPW 408.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.02 PPW 3.16 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 14400F
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-06 (Ryuk)Cinebench 2024105 / 868
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-04 (zaheer)Cinebench 2026569 / 3046
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-08 (Althy)Cinebench 2024109 / 931
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-07 (Striden Von)Cinebench 2024105 / 927
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-05 (Striden Von)Cinebench 202498 / 870
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 (Batti)Cinebench 20261525 / 14346
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-20 -> bangGeekbench 6 CPU2275 / 10804
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-12 (kcb2)Cinebench 2026477 / 3191
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-10 (DrDimebadger)Cinebench 202692 / 771
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-09 (Max_Max_In)Geekbench 6 CPU2308 / 11861

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 14400F and AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 9, 2024 March 15, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number i5-14400F -
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7500F - Intel Core i7 12700K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225F - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
Intel CPU rating (#107th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#104th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 34x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 20MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 148 W 88 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM4
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 90Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (89th and 102nd place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 14400F official page AMD Ryzen 7 5700X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 24

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