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Intel Core i5 14600 vs i5 14400

65 out of 100
Intel Core i5 14600
VS
55 out of 100
Intel Core i5 14400
Intel Core i5 14600
Intel Core i5 14400

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 14600 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.

  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
74.1
(Good)
Value Index
72.4
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 14400 and 14600
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14600
  • 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
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
  • 12% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2674 vs 2394 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 14600
vs
Core i5 14400

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (108th and 191st 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 14600 +12%
2674
Core i5 14400
2394
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 14600 +21%
13584
Core i5 14400
11183
File compression 1012.1 MB/sec 1006.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 122.8 Klines/sec 85.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 281.6 pages/sec 292.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 371.7 Mpixels/sec 359.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 267.2 pages/sec 237.1 pages/sec
Background blur 63.8 images/sec 54 images/sec
Photo processing 90.6 images/sec 103.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 28.4 Mpixels/sec 20.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 76 & 173 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 14600 +11%
4168
Core i5 14400
3742
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 14600 +43%
35830
Core i5 14400
25072
Integer math 117.1 GOps/sec 82 GOps/sec
Floating point math 85.8 GOps/sec 61.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 155M Primes/sec 80M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 48M Strings/sec 32.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 25.1 GBytes/sec 16.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 434.3 MBytes/sec 315 MBytes/sec
Physics 2325 Frames/sec 1393 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 25.7B Matrices/sec 19.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 492 & 2047 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 14600 +44%
279.8
Core i5 14400
194.72

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.7 PPW 13.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 209 PPW 172 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 551.2 PPW 385.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.3 PPW 3 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 14600 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 i5-14600 i5-14400
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 UHD Graphics 730
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7600 -
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Intel CPU rating (64th and 111th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.7 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (E) 2.0 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.9 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 10
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 27x 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 (66th 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
Core i5 14600 +33%
0.8 TFLOPS
Core i5 14400
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics 730 compared to Graphics 770

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 14600 official page Intel Core i5 14400 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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