Intel Core i5 14400F CPU Review

3DMark Firestrike

3DMark tests your system’s GPU and CPU performance by rendering extremely demanding game-like scenes in real-time. The faster the benchmark runs, the better your score. Now your quest begins. What can you do to get a better score?

3DMark is available on Steam here.

Moving over to 3DMark Firestrike and there’s no real change between the 13th gen and the newer 14400F with a margin of error difference between both CPUs in both the main score and physics score and this still puts it behind the 5600 in the main overall score, though does see the 14400F come in better in the physics score than both the 5600 and 5600X and now rivals the newer Ryzen 5 7600 whilst also only sitting 5% behind the 5800X3D in the physics score though being a synthetic benchmark, it doesn’t mean much for real-world representative performance.

3DMark Timespy

Time Spy is a DirectX 12 benchmark test for gaming PCs running Windows 10 and above only. With its pure DirectX 12 engine, built from the ground up to support the latest API features like asynchronous compute, explicit multi-adapter, and multi-threading, Time Spy is the ideal benchmark for testing the DirectX 12 performance of modern graphics cards and is typically a good benchmark for mid-to-high-end hardware. Furthermore, Timespy Extreme is designed for 4K performance testing.

3DMark is available on Steam here.

In 3DMark Timespy the 14400F saw much bigger gains, with a 6% improvement in the CPU score over the 13400F and this also meant that the overall score rose by 5% as well. This now puts the 14400F ahead of the more expensive Ryzen 7 5800X3D in both metrics and could be a sign of what’s to come in our other tests.

Geekbench 5

Geekbench 5 is a cross-platform benchmark that measures your system’s performance with the press of a button. How will your mobile device or desktop computer perform when push comes to crunch? How will it compare to the newest devices on the market? Find out today with Geekbench 5.

Available now on Geekbench.

Then in Geekbench, the single score actually has both the 13400F and 14400F evenly matched with a 0.3% margin so margin of error, which retesting could see both CPUs trade places, so nothing really much to talk about. The margin is slightly bigger on the multi-score with the 14400F pushing out a little over 1% more performance, but again, margin of error, though this is enough to push passed the 5800X3D, though when we’re in the realm of such small margins, it can go either way.

PCMark 10

PCMark 10 features a comprehensive set of tests that cover the wide variety of tasks performed in the modern workplace. With a range of performance tests, custom run options, Battery Life Profile, and new Storage benchmarks, PCMark 10 is the complete PC benchmark for the modern office.

Available now on Steam.

In PCMark we see the 14400F actually lose a few points when compared to the 13400F but with only 50 points between them, it’s really nothing to worry about and can be deemed as margin of error. Something else we notice is that it’s pretty much neck and neck with the 5800X3D from AMD, which just barely beats the Intel CPU but for about $100 more. This is good news for intel and those wanting better productivity out of their CPU, but we’re yet to see how it compares in gaming, which is the 5800X3D’s strength