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Intel Core i5 14400F vs i5 13600K

56 out of 100
Intel Core i5 14400F
VS
67 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13600K
Intel Core i5 14400F
Intel Core i5 13600K

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 14400F with 10-cores against the 3.5 GHz i5 13600K with 14-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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
29.7
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 13600K and 14400F
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14400F
  • Newer - released 1 year and 4 months later
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13600K
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
  • 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2718 vs 2402 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 14400F
vs
Core i5 13600K

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 492
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 5581
Cinebench Scores (177th and 94th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 14400F
12600
Core i5 13600K +28%
16101
File compression 1180 MB/sec 1300 MB/sec
Clang compilation 82.1 Klines/sec 134.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 322.7 pages/sec 374.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 378.8 Mpixels/sec 465.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 241.4 pages/sec 277.2 pages/sec
Background blur 54.2 images/sec 68.3 images/sec
Photo processing 125.5 images/sec 136 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.6 Mpixels/sec 30.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 80 & 448 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 14400F
25455
Core i5 13600K +47%
37461
Integer math 81.5 GOps/sec 122 GOps/sec
Floating point math 61.3 GOps/sec 90.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 86M Primes/sec 153M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 50.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.9 GBytes/sec 26.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 315.5 MBytes/sec 473.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1518 Frames/sec 2245 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.9B Matrices/sec 28.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6004 & 5100 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 14400F
196.47
Core i5 13600K +58%
310.15

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.3 PPW 10.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 193.8 PPW 128.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 391.6 PPW 299.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.02 PPW 2.48 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
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Intel Core i5 13600K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-09 (Shinigami)Cinebench 2026492 / 5581
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-29 (DSMJohn)Cinebench 2024118 / 1289
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-20 (io)Cinebench 2024114 / 1206
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-09 (stuchi)Cinebench 2024124 / 1248
πŸ“˜ 2024-09-23 (Fireman12402)Cinebench 2024112 / 1258
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 14400F and i5 13600K

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 9, 2024 September 27, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Raptor Lake
Model number i5-14400F i5-13600K
Integrated GPU No UHD Graphics 770
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7500F - AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225F - Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
Intel CPU rating (107th and 60th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 8
E-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz 3.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 14
Total Threads 16 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 35x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 20MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 148 W 181 W
Socket LGA-1700 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (89th and 61st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU Base Clock - 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 1500 MHz
Shading Units - 256
TMUs - 16
ROPs - 8
Execution Units - 32
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
See: Intel UHD Graphics 770 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 14400F official page Intel Core i5 13600K official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Total votes: 42

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Comments

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