Intel Core i7 14700F vs i5 14400

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i7 14700F with 20-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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
72.1
(Good)
Value Index
72.4
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 14400 and 14700F
Advantages of Intel Core i7 14700F
  • Has 10 more physical cores
  • Has 13 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 17% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2810 vs 2394 points
  • 15% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14400
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 730

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 Scores (57th and 189th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2810
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
18405
File compression 1340 MB/sec 1006.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 184.1 Klines/sec 85.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 414 pages/sec 292.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 515.6 Mpixels/sec 359.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 285.3 pages/sec 237.1 pages/sec
Background blur 73.6 images/sec 54 images/sec
Photo processing 143.7 images/sec 103.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 43.2 Mpixels/sec 20.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1]396 & 173 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
4255
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
41314
Integer math 155.8 GOps/sec 82 GOps/sec
Floating point math 107 GOps/sec 61.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 176M Primes/sec 80M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 55.9M Strings/sec 32.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 30.2 GBytes/sec 16.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 506.1 MBytes/sec 315 MBytes/sec
Physics 2454 Frames/sec 1393 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.6B Matrices/sec 19.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]4585 & 2047 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
306.54
194.72

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.8 PPW 13.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 283.2 PPW 172 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 635.6 PPW 385.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.72 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 i7 14700F
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-25 (cookie)Cinebench 2026627 / 4842
📘 2026-06-29 -> sig_mayukhGeekBench2762 / 19181
📘 2026-02-09 (Raptor)Cinebench 2024121 / 976
📘 2026-01-12 (Ivo)Cinebench 2024123 / 1235
📘 2025-10-08 (RedxVisions)Cinebench 2024124 / 1804
Intel Core i5 14400
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 14700F 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 i7-14700F i5-14400
Integrated GPU No UHD Graphics 730
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7700 -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265F - Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Intel CPU rating (37th and 111th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 4
E-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.2 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 20 10
Total Threads 28 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 25x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 33MB (shared) 20MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 219 W 148 W
Socket LGA-1700 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (46th and 90th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Intel UHD Graphics 730
GPU Base Clock - 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 1550 MHz
Shading Units - 192
TMUs - 48
ROPs - 24
Execution Units - 24
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.6 TFLOPS

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 i7 14700F official page Intel Core i5 14400 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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