Intel Core i5 14400F CPU Review

Blender 3.3.0

Blender Open Data is a platform to collect, display and query the results of hardware and software performance tests – provided by the Blender community.

Available now on Blender.

Looking at Blender and the results are much closer. The 14400F does come in 3% better overall, which is still good considering the cost difference of the 13400F and 14400F is so minimal, and this further extends the lead over AMD including the 5800X3D and Ryzen 5 7600 so good all round for Intel on this occasion.

Cinebench R23

Cinebench is a real-world cross-platform test suite that evaluates your computer’s hardware capabilities. Improvements to Cinebench Release 23 reflect the overall advancements to CPU and rendering technology in recent years, providing a more accurate measurement of Cinema 4D’s ability to take advantage of multiple CPU cores and modern processor features available to the average user. Best of all: It’s free.

Available now on Maxon.

In Cinebench R23, single-core performance actually sees a decrease in performance of 3% which really puts it on the cusp of margin of error when compared to the 13400F and a slightly less 2% in the multi-core performance score. Again, there isn’t really much to discuss when results are this close, so let’s just say that you’re essentially getting the same performance on both CPUs which was already ahead of AMD’s 5800X3D anyway.

Corona 1.3

Test and compare the performance of your CPU using this free benchmark application, which is built upon Corona Renderer 1.3.

Available now on Corona

In Corona, the 14400F continues to give stronger performance, with a margin of 2% over the 13400F. Again this doesn’t do anything for our standings, other than extending the lead over the similarly positioned AMD parts from both the Zen 3 and Zen 4 lineup.

Keyshot Viewer 11.2.1

KeyShot Viewer is a free, stand-alone desktop application that enables secure sharing of KeyShot scenes for interactive, photo-realistic 3D model viewing, presentation and configuration, using the same real-time ray tracing render engine as KeyShot to produce amazing visuals with speed and quality.

Available now on KeyShot.

In Keyshot viewer, the margin increases slightly by 4%, so again, better performance based on the price difference, but this really is just a small amount higher than margin of error, and retesting could see the results draw slightly closer. That aside, it’s still good to see an increase in performance, though some may have been expecting a higher increase in performance, but again this is only a refresh.

V-Ray 5.00.20

V-Ray® Benchmark is a free standalone application to test how fast your system renders. It’s simple, fast and includes three render engine test.

Available now on Chaos.

Without sounding too much like a broken record, V-Ray is the same. There’s a 2% margin between the 13400F and the 14400F with the newer chip taking the lead, and this further extends its lead over AMD’s 5800X3D, 5600X, 5600 and 7600, so still nice to see based on the cost, but when results are so close like we see here, we’d just treat it as identical performance so again, the extra clock speed, which is the only differing factor, doesn’t make a difference.