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Intel Core i5 14500 vs i5 12400

63 out of 100
Intel Core i5 14500
VS
49 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12400
Intel Core i5 14500
Intel Core i5 12400

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5 14500 with 14-cores against the 2.5 GHz i5 12400 with 6-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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
66.1
(Good)
Value Index
42.6
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 12400 and 14500
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14500
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics 770 integrated graphics: 0.8 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • 16% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2611 vs 2245 points
  • 14% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 14500
vs
Core i5 12400

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 409 295
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 2104 1710
Cinebench Scores (#123rd 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)
Core i5 14500 +16%
2611
Core i5 12400
2245
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 14500 +55%
15155
Core i5 12400
9788
File compression 1200 MB/sec 879.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 112.8 Klines/sec 65.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 393.3 pages/sec 223.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 436.6 Mpixels/sec 275.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 264.2 pages/sec 225.9 pages/sec
Background blur 63.7 images/sec 49.5 images/sec
Photo processing 134.7 images/sec 81.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 26.9 Mpixels/sec 15.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 235 & 1015 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 14500 +14%
3950
Core i5 12400
3464
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 14500 +63%
30757
Core i5 12400
18816
Integer math 108 GOps/sec 58.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 79.5 GOps/sec 45.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 106M Primes/sec 67M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.9M Strings/sec 22.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 21.4 GBytes/sec 11.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 371.1 MBytes/sec 228 MBytes/sec
Physics 1745 Frames/sec 1090 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 22.5B Matrices/sec 15.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2334 & 6661 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 14500 +55%
257.62
Core i5 12400
166.74

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.6 PPW 9.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 233.2 PPW 150.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 473.2 PPW 289.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.96 PPW 2.57 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 14500
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-05 (SeanyBoy)Cinebench 2026409 / 2104
📘 2024-08-02 (AliR88)Cinebench 2024110 / 1145
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Intel Core i5 12400
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-05-24 (MortalMech)Cinebench 2026295 / 1710
📘 2024-06-27 (Renni)Cinebench 202499 / 598
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 14500 and i5 12400

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 9, 2024 January 4, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Alder Lake
Model number i5-14500 i5-12400
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 UHD Graphics 730
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Intel CPU rating (71st and 164th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.9 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 6
Total Threads 20 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 26x 25x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 18MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 154 W 117 W
Socket LGA-1700 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (70th and 109th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 730
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz 1450 MHz
Shading Units 256 192
TMUs 16 48
ROPs 8 24
Execution Units 32 24
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 14500 +33%
0.8 TFLOPS
Core i5 12400
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics 730 compared to Graphics 770

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 14500 official page Intel Core i5 12400 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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