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Intel Core i7 14700F vs i5 12400

72 out of 100
Intel Core i7 14700F
VS
49 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12400
Intel Core i7 14700F
Intel Core i5 12400

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i7 14700F with 20-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

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Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
72.1
(Good)
Value Index
42.6
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 12400 and 14700F
Advantages of Intel Core i7 14700F
  • Has 14 more physical cores
  • Has 15 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • 25% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2810 vs 2245 points
  • 23% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12400
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 730

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 14700F
vs
Core i5 12400

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 14700F +169%
1609
Core i5 12400
598
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 295
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 1710
Cinebench Scores (#58th 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 i7 14700F +25%
2810
Core i5 12400
2245
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 14700F +88%
18405
Core i5 12400
9788
File compression 1340 MB/sec 879.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 184.1 Klines/sec 65.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 414 pages/sec 223.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 515.6 Mpixels/sec 275.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 285.3 pages/sec 225.9 pages/sec
Background blur 73.6 images/sec 49.5 images/sec
Photo processing 143.7 images/sec 81.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 43.2 Mpixels/sec 15.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 396 & 1015 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 14700F +23%
4255
Core i5 12400
3464
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 14700F +120%
41314
Core i5 12400
18816
Integer math 155.8 GOps/sec 58.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 107 GOps/sec 45.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 176M Primes/sec 67M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 55.9M Strings/sec 22.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 30.2 GBytes/sec 11.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 506.1 MBytes/sec 228 MBytes/sec
Physics 2454 Frames/sec 1090 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.6B Matrices/sec 15.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 4585 & 6661 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 14700F +84%
306.54
Core i5 12400
166.74

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.8 PPW 9.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 283.2 PPW 150.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 635.6 PPW 289.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.72 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 i7 14700F
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-25 (cookie)Cinebench 2026627 / 4842
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-29 -> sig_mayukhGeekbench 6 CPU2762 / 19181
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-09 (Raptor)Cinebench 2024121 / 976
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-01-12 (Ivo)Cinebench 2024123 / 1235
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-08 (RedxVisions)Cinebench 2024124 / 1804
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Intel Core i5 12400
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-24 (MortalMech)Cinebench 2026295 / 1710
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-06-27 (Renni)Cinebench 202499 / 598
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 14700F 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 i7-14700F i5-12400
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 163rd 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 4.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 -
E-Threads 12 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.2 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 20 6
Total Threads 28 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 25x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 33MB (shared) 18MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 219 W 117 W
Socket LGA-1700 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (47th and 109th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Intel UHD Graphics 730
GPU Base Clock - 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 1450 MHz
Shading Units - 192
TMUs - 48
ROPs - 24
Execution Units - 24
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 14700F
n/a
Core i5 12400
0.6 TFLOPS
See: Intel UHD Graphics 730 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 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 12400 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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