ForewordIntel launched the 14th generation Core desktop processor last year, and the first batch of models include i9-14900K/KF, i7-14700K/KF, i5-14600K/KF and other six models. However, these are all models with K, and they are not cheap at a price, and they are relatively hot, which is mainly suitable for content creators, gamers, and hardware gamers who are looking for high-performance requirements.
However, the general public basically has no overclocking needs, and it is obvious that the non-K series with 65W low power consumption characteristics is their first choice. Today, Intel brought the 14th generation Core non-K series processors at CES, and our evaluation room also received the 14th generation Core processor that is more in line with the performance application needs of most mainstream users for the first time——Intel Core i5-14400.·Specification comparison first look at the appearance,The appearance of the Core i5-14400 processor is still very familiar,The rectangular processor top cover,It proves that it is different from the previous 12th generation、 The 13th generation Core is the same, it is a LGA1700 interface, which can be well adapted to the previous Z690, B660 motherboards, etc.
Take a closer look, the workmanship of the top cover of this processor is not bad, and the edges are chamfered, which is very smooth. The silk screen on it is written with its identity - i5-14400, without the suffix of F, which also means that it has a built-in core display, which can be lit directly on the machine.
The point is here, after looking at the appearance, it's time to talk about the configuration. The Core i5-14400 processor is similar to the previous generation i5-13400 in specifications, the architecture has not been overhauled, and the process technology is still Intel 7, all of which are 10 cores and 16 threads, with 6 P cores and 4 E cores, which can more easily meet the multi-core performance needs of some professional applications.
On top of that, it has 20MB of L3 cache and 65W of thermal design power, and the memory support section also supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory types. There are diversified choices in the selection of motherboards and memory, and the purchase budget also meets the objective needs of mainstream mass users. The difference between it and the i5-13400 is the frequency, the turbo frequency has come to 4.7GHz, which has increased by 100MHz, which is also a common phenomenon in the 14th generation.
If you compare it to the 12th generation i5-12400, that's a big change. Therefore, the author thinks that this is specially for 12th generation users, and if you are a user of the 12th generation Core or earlier, then upgrading this 14th generation Core can be said to be definitely worth the price.
We also compare the specifications of the Core i5-14400 with the same model of the 13th & 12th Gen Core, and the summary is as follows: the new Core i5-14400 has a new high-praise E-core compared to the 12th Gen i5-12400, while the 13th Gen i5-13400 has a higher frequency and can unleash stronger performance.
In order to give full play to the core i5-14400 processor and have real performance on the test platform, we chose MSI's MPG B760M EDGE TI WIFI blade titanium motherboard for the platform configuration. This motherboard has high power supply specifications, adopts 12+1+1 phase intelligent power supply design, good heat dissipation efficiency, and is equipped with heavy frost armor where it heats. It is a good choice to use it with a Core 14th Gen processor, even if it is a non-K processor, it can show higher frequencies and stronger performance with the blessing of this motherboard.
In addition, the MSI B760M Blade Titanium motherboard is also equipped with four DDR5 memory slots, which can support up to 192GB of dual-channel memory capacity. After special circuit optimization, DDR5 memory frequency can support up to 7800+ MHz. The PCIe 5.0 slot is also one of the highlights, which can provide a more stable and durable experience for PCI devices, such as graphics cards.
Of course, the CPU is a dessert-level Core i5-14400, and the graphics card must be the right one, and here we choose the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8G. The memory is also unambiguous, after all, it is said that the IMC of the 14th generation Core has been strengthened, so we directly went to G.SKILL's Trident Z5 RGB Phantom Halberd DDR5-7200 24GB×2.
Other hardware configurations are shown below.
Before the start of the theoretical performance test, the hardware specifications of the entire test platform can be more clearly understood in the CPU-Z software, which is basically the same as the hardware introduced above.
The addition of 4 E-cores also makes the performance release of the Core i5-14400 more excellent, take the CPU-Z itself Benchmark to see, i5-12400's single-core score is 690.7, while the Core i5-14400 is 741.9, not to mention the multi-core, it is simply a crushing existence, 6518.2 The score is nearly 2000 points higher than the former.
AIDA64 Cache&Memory testAIDA64 Cache&Memory test part,Due to the IMC physique of the 14th generation Core processor has made some progress,So we have also verified it,With DDR5 memory,The Core i5-14400 in our hand can easily light up 7200MHz C36,The read/write and copy delay performance at this time are 98836 MB/s、88176 MB/s、87347 MB/ s and 72.7ns, which shows that the 14th generation Core processor has made great strides in memory read and write performance.
On the other hand, the i5-12400 is not so good, the CPU in our actual test can only overclock the memory to 6600MHz, and it is not stable enough, if you want to run stably, you have to drop it to 6400MHz, so its performance release is not as good as the Core i5-14400 above.
AIDA64 GPGPU TestThe GPGPU benchmark of AIDA64 is similar in nature to the memory test above, and the Core i5-14400 is definitely the all-round leader, and the larger and more L2 and L3 caches make it far ahead of the i5-12400. The read and write scores in the memory section are also quite impressive, with each score of 98,789 MB/s read, 88,243 MB/s write, and 87,319 MB/s copy. There has also been an improvement in computing power, with a single-precision hashrate of 986.7 GFLOPS and a double-precision hashrate of 493.3 GFLOPS.
Geekbench 6 performance testLet's take a look at the performance of two CPUs in GeekBench, this software can measure the performance of not only mobile phone CPUs, but also desktops. The measured i5-12400 has a single-core score of 2315 points, while the Core i5-14400 is more than 200 points higher than it, which translates to a direct increase in performance of about 10%.
Multi-core is even more terrifying, after all, there are 4 more E cores at the physical level, so the multi-core score is higher, Core i5-14400 reached 13329 points, 3000 points ahead of i5-12400, and the performance has been improved by 24%. CineBench performance testCinebench is also a tool for testing CPU single-core and multi-core performance, in CineBench R23, the core i5-14400 processor has a single core of 1792 pts, and a multi-core of 15547 pts, compared with i5-12400, the performance has increased by 10% and 30% respectively, which is also because of the blessing of 10 cores and 16 threads to allow this CPU to release such performance.
Switching to the more stressful CinBench 2024, the Core i5-14400 single-core 108 pts and multi-core 902 pts completely beat the i5-12400, and even led by more than 34% in CineBench R23.
Creative performance testUL Procyon creative performance test is first of all UL Procyon, its office productivity test can directly call Office for simulation test, the measured Core i5-14400 has achieved 7638 points in office productivity, both the response of the program and the processing of data are quite fast in the test process, and it is not a problem to use it for office work at all.
In the image processing section, the test score was 7059, and in the video processing section, the test score was 6946, which is a good score. And the CPU is also capable of full frequency output when processing these projects, so if you want to choose a cost-effective productivity platform, you can't go wrong with the Core i5-14400.
PugetBench Authoring Performance TestPugetbench is a benchmark plugin launched by Puget System that performs a series of complex tests on videos and images to arrive at a benchmark score. This time, we'll be testing Pugetbench for Premiere Pro, Pugetbench for Photoshop, and Pugetbench for DaVinci. Whether it's a picture editing or video editing application, the Core i5-14400 is completely handy to handle, especially in the execution efficiency can be described as excellent, 10 cores and 16 threads really give this platform a lot of bonuses.
X264 Benchmark video productivity is not only about software performance and rendering and export speed, but also about video transcoding capabilities. The test results show that the x264 platform gets a frame rate of 74.38fps, and the data processing capacity can reach 22398.07Kb/s. I have to say that the core number of this CPU 6+4 is still quite handy in video transcoding, plus it can basically run at full speed, so the transcoding efficiency is also considerable.
After all, there are still many hardcore users who will use tools such as 3D rendering, so we have also tested some popular rendering tools to see what the potential of this CPU is. Corona 10 Theory TestChaos Corona10 is a renderer for 3DS Max and Cinema 4D that includes benchmarks to test CPU performance in different rendering tasks. The Core i5-14400 performed well, achieving a 4865049 rays/s test.
The Blender Benchmark Rendering Test takes a look at another common rendering tool, Blender, which mainly considers the CPU and GPU rendering performance, and is divided into three parts, monster test data volume is 94.524586, junkshop test data volume is 64.530553, and classroom data volume is 48.424607. Of course, if you pair it with a mainstream-grade RTX 4060, the rendering performance will be even better, but the Core i5-14400 can also help you with light rendering work.
Comprehensive Scenario TestingThe comprehensive scenario test mainly simulates the user's use in games, productivity, light office, etc., and this test can allow players to have a more detailed understanding of the Core i5-14400 test platform. In the CPU profile test, the Core i5-14400 scored 997 for a single thread, 1974 for a dual thread, 3525 for a four-thread, 5797 for an eight-thread test, 7447 for sixteen threads, and 7440 for the largest thread.
These E-cores on the Core i5-14400 are still very useful, and compared to the Core i5-12400, the performance has been significantly improved. The combination of 6P+4E can not only enable the P-core to release the ultimate single-thread and light-threaded performance, but also allow the E-core to take into account multi-threaded applications. PCMark 10 Extended simulates the user's normal use scenario, which covers almost all aspects of the office, web browsing, productivity creation, gaming and other aspects of the comprehensive experience, which can reflect the actual performance of the platform in detail.
The final score of the measured Core i5-14400+RTX 4060 combination is 10507, of which the score of common basic functions is 10909, the productivity score is 11648, the digital content creation score is 12633, and the game score is 20518, which is quite good. It not only takes into account excellent creative performance, but also has a good gaming experience.·Game Performance TestGame performance is naturally the part that players are most concerned about, before testing, let's take a look at its theoretical performance. In the Fire Strike benchmark score in 3DMark, the CPU scored 28540. This score is even higher than that of the i5-13490F, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the new game god U.
Next, let's use a few popular games to actually verify the real performance of the Core i5-14400. The first is the "evergreen" in the game industry - "Tomb Raider: Shadows", under the 1080P high quality setting, the frame rate can soar to 167 FPS, and the game should perform well with Core i5-14400 with RTX 4060 to form a game platform.
Let's take a look at two racing games, Forza Horizon 5, which has been greatly optimized, and F1 22, which uses DLSS 3. Forza Horizon 5 was tested at 160 FPS, including 282 FPS with a minimum of 259 FPS for CPU simulation, and 194 FPS with a minimum of 165 FPS for CPU rendering.
F1 22 with DLSS 3 is even better, with an average frame rate of 275 FPS and a minimum frame rate of 212 FPS at high quality.
Finally, let's take a look at the shooter game "Bright Memory", after turning on ray tracing and DLSS 3, the game frame rate can reach 126 FPS, and the actual gameplay is also quite smooth, it can be said that the Core i5-14400 can fully meet the needs of most mainstream players.
According to the results of our actual measurement, this platform built with Core i5-14400 has a good performance in the above games, and the performance of many games is even beyond imagination, especially on the lowest frame that affects the game experience, the performance of most games can exceed 100 frames, and more and more games have begun to support DLSS 3 This black technology, so its game performance does not have to worry at all, and there is no pressure to run the 3A masterpieces on the market smoothly. At room temperature of 24 degrees, the AIDA 64 software is used to perform the Stress FPU stability test, which can consider the CPU performance release effect and stability. During the test, you can see that all the cores of the Core i5-14400 processor in the hardware monitor have reached a full load, the P-cores are stable at around 4.1GHz, and the 4 E-cores are also 3.5GHz, and during the 40-minute bake, the CPU is quite stable, all in a straight line, and there is no fluctuation at all.
In addition, due to the manufacturing process compared to the 12th generation Core, there have been certain upgrades, and the architecture has also been innovated, and the temperature of the Core i5-14400 has been at a reasonable level, and the whole process is stable at about 62°C i5-14400 processor, as the entry-level product of i5, the overall performance is still very good, the highest turbo frequency of a single core is 4.7GHz, and the measured single-core performance is very good. In terms of multi-core, compared with the 12th generation, on the basis of 6 large cores, 4 small cores have been added, which greatly improves the multi-core performance of the processor. Even in the face of the 13th generation Core, the performance has been improved to a certain extent because of the higher multi-core turbo frequency.
Overall, the overall performance of the Core i5-14400 is also very good, which can fully meet the performance needs of ordinary gamers for processors. At the gaming level, even if it is a game that requires a higher single-core performance of the processor, the resolution is 1080P, and it can be matched with an RTX 4060 graphics card to achieve a high brush experience, with this performance, even if it goes up to 2K resolution, it is not a big problem.
In terms of creative performance, it also lives up to expectations, and can easily control the different application load requirements of daily applications and office scenarios. Of course, this generation of processors also continues the surprising temperature control performance of the previous generation, the Core i5-14400 does not reduce the frequency during baking, and the temperature is properly controlled, which also allows the platform to run with fewer failures and give users more stability. This is also a point that the vast majority of players value.
In addition, the most important thing is its positioning, compared to those processors with K, it has a lower price, plus the feature of not being able to overclock, so that it can be paired with B-series motherboards, which also provides a cost-effective gaming platform for the vast majority of gamers. And because the architecture hasn't changed, it also allows it to support DDR4 memory, so gamers on a budget can still upgrade their consoles at a lower cost and experience more powerful performance. If you also want to switch to the new 14th Gen Core processor, then the Core i5-14400 may be the most cost-effective option, and interested players may wish to consider it.
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