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Apple M2 vs Intel Core i5-14400F

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 98 %

Apple M2

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-14400F

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 64 %

Apple M2

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-14400F

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

470 pts

10C / 16T · 4.70 GHz

437 pts

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

2,316 pts

10C / 16T · 4.70 GHz

3,860 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,592 pts

10C / 16T · 4.70 GHz

1,773 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

8,558 pts

10C / 16T · 2.50 GHz

16,074 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

2,596

10C / 16T · 4.70 GHz

2,557

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

10,062

10C / 16T · 2.50 GHz

13,682

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,874

10C / 16T · 4.70 GHz

1,842

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

8,853

10C / 16T · 2.50 GHz

12,551

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Apple M2	Intel Core i5-14400F
Family	Apple M series (38)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Apple M2 (8)	Intel Core i 14000 (34)
Architecture	M2	Raptor Lake S Refresh
Technology	5 nm	10 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket		LGA 1700
Predecessor	Apple M1	Intel Core i5-13400F
Successor	Apple M3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple M2	Intel Core i5-14400F
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	10 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	4x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz	6x Raptor Cove 2.50 - 4.70 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz	4x Gracemont 1.80 - 3.50 GHz
L2-Cache	20.00 MB	9.50 MB
L3-Cache		20.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple M2	Intel Core i5-14400F
GPU name	Apple M2 (10 Core)	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.45 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader	160 / 1280	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	2
Max. GPU Memory	24 GB
Technology	5 nm
Release date	Q2/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple M2	Intel Core i5-14400F
AI hardware	Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications	16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple M2	Intel Core i5-14400F
Memory	LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)	DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	24 GB	192 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth		78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Apple M2	Intel Core i5-14400F
TDP	20 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)		148 W
TDP up	30 W
TDP down	10 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Apple M2	Intel Core i5-14400F
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	macOS, iPadOS	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	Armv8.5-A (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q2/2022	Q1/2024
Release price		196 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Apple M2 is 4.4 stars (743 ratings), while Intel Core i5-14400F has received 4.0 stars (149 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple M2
8C / 8T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-14400F
10C / 16T · 2.50 - 4.70 GHz

★★★★★