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Apple M3 vs Intel Core i5-14400

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 1 - 100 %

Apple M3

Rank 2 - 86 %

Intel Core i5-14400

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 77 %

Apple M3

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-14400

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

557 pts

10C / 16T · 4.70 GHz

437 pts

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

2,672 pts

10C / 16T · 4.70 GHz

3,860 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

1,965 pts

10C / 16T · 4.70 GHz

1,773 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

10,437 pts

10C / 16T · 2.50 GHz

16,074 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

3,125

10C / 16T · 4.70 GHz

2,557

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

11,863

10C / 16T · 2.50 GHz

13,682

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

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

2,150

10C / 16T · 4.70 GHz

1,842

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

8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz

10,450

10C / 16T · 2.50 GHz

12,551

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M3 (10 Core)

3,550

Intel UHD Graphics 730

595

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

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 M3	Intel Core i5-14400
Family	Apple M series (38)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Apple M3 (6)	Intel Core i 14000 (34)
Architecture	M3	Raptor Lake S Refresh
Technology	3 nm	10 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket		LGA 1700
Predecessor	Apple M2	Intel Core i5-13400
Successor	Apple M4

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple M3	Intel Core i5-14400
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	10 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	4x Ibiza P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz	6x Raptor Cove 2.50 - 4.70 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Ibiza E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 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 M3	Intel Core i5-14400
GPU name	Apple M3 (10 Core)	Intel UHD Graphics 730
GPU frequency	0.39 - 1.40 GHz	0.30 - 1.55 GHz
CUs / Shader	160 / 1280	24 / 192
Raytracing	✓	✗
Max. displays	2	3
Max. GPU Memory	24 GB	64 GB
Technology	3 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q4/2023	Q1/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple M3	Intel Core i5-14400
AI hardware	Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications	16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple M3	Intel Core i5-14400
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 M3	Intel Core i5-14400
TDP	22 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)		148 W
TDP up
TDP down	15 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Apple M3	Intel Core i5-14400
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	macOS, iPadOS	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	Armv8-A (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q4/2023	Q1/2024
Release price		221 $
Documents		Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Apple M3 is 4.6 stars (1639 ratings), while Intel Core i5-14400 has received 4.0 stars (99 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple M3
8C / 8T · 0.70 - 4.06 GHz

★★★★★

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

★★★★★