Intel Core i5 14500 vs i5 14400

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5 14500 with 14-cores against the 2.5 GHz i5 14400 with 10-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
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
72.4
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 14400 and 14500
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14500
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics 770 integrated graphics: 0.8 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
  • 9% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2611 vs 2394 points

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) 409 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 2104 -
Cinebench Scores (121st and 191st place)

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)
15155
File compression 1200 MB/sec 1006.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 112.8 Klines/sec 85.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 393.3 pages/sec 292.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 436.6 Mpixels/sec 359.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 264.2 pages/sec 237.1 pages/sec
Background blur 63.7 images/sec 54 images/sec
Photo processing 134.7 images/sec 103.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 26.9 Mpixels/sec 20.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1]235 & 173 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
30757
Integer math 108 GOps/sec 82 GOps/sec
Floating point math 79.5 GOps/sec 61.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 106M Primes/sec 80M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.9M Strings/sec 32.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 21.4 GBytes/sec 16.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 371.1 MBytes/sec 315 MBytes/sec
Physics 1745 Frames/sec 1393 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 22.5B Matrices/sec 19.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]2334 & 2047 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
257.62
194.72

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.6 PPW 13.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 233.2 PPW 172 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 473.2 PPW 385.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.96 PPW 3 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
Intel Core i5 14400
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 14500 and i5 14400

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 9, 2024 January 9, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number i5-14500 i5-14400
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 UHD Graphics 730
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Intel CPU rating (70th and 111th 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 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.9 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 10
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 26x 25x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 20MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 154 W 148 W
Socket LGA-1700 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (70th and 91st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 730
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz 1550 MHz
Shading Units 256 192
TMUs 16 48
ROPs 8 24
Execution Units 32 24
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.8 TFLOPS
0.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 192 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 14400 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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