Core i5-14400F vs Core i5-14600KF

Short answer: which is best?

Core i5-14400F is 22 % stronger than Core i5-14600KF. Core i5-14400F ranks #19 of 44 measured processors at WhatFPS (8,732 CPU score over 1 verified runs). Core i5-14600KF ranks #26 of 44 measured processors at WhatFPS (7,156 CPU score over 3 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 4 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

MetricCore i5-14400FCore i5-14600KF
CPU score (the processor's own performance)8,7327,156
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)7,04617,066
Integer (MT)6.2 Gop/s4.6 Gop/s
Single-thread (1T)0.67 Gop/s0.43 Gop/s
Draw calls/s (DX11)10,000,53611,741,706
Cores / threads10 / 1614 / 20
L3 cache20 MB24 MB

What the numbers mean

The CPU score is the processor's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the processor in, and leans heavily on the graphics card. A strong processor in a weak PC gets a low GAMING score without being worse. We show both and never mix them.

All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik

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