Core i5-14600KF vs Core i5-14400F

Short answer: which is best?

Core i5-14600KF is 6.9 % stronger than Core i5-14400F. Core i5-14600KF ranks #18 of 53 measured processors at WhatFPS (9,334 CPU score over 4 verified runs). Core i5-14400F ranks #25 of 53 measured processors at WhatFPS (8,732 CPU score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 5 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

MetricCore i5-14600KFCore i5-14400F
CPU score (the processor's own performance)9,3348,732
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)17,0667,046
Integer (MT)7 Gop/s6.2 Gop/s
Single-thread (1T)0.65 Gop/s0.67 Gop/s
Draw calls/s (DX11)12,267,71110,000,536
Cores / threads14 / 1410 / 16
L3 cache24 MB20 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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