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Intel Core i7-4960X vs Intel Core i5-14400

Last updated: 2026-07-01

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 37 %

Intel Core i7-4960X

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-14400

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 37 %

Intel Core i7-4960X

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-14400

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

757

10C / 16T · 4.70 GHz

2,557

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

3,062

10C / 16T · 2.50 GHz

13,682

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

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

806

10C / 16T · 4.70 GHz

1,842

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

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

5,189

10C / 16T · 2.50 GHz

12,551

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

2,868

10C / 16T · 2.50 GHz

6,631

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 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

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	Intel Core i5-14400
Family	Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 4000X (3)	Intel Core i 14000 (34)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge E	Raptor Lake S Refresh
Technology	22 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 2011	LGA 1700
Predecessor		Intel Core i5-13400
Successor	Intel Core i7-5960X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	Intel Core i5-14400
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 12	10 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	6x 3.60 - 4.00 GHz	6x Raptor Cove 2.50 - 4.70 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Gracemont 1.80 - 3.50 GHz
L2-Cache		9.50 MB
L3-Cache	15.00 MB	20.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	Intel Core i5-14400
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel UHD Graphics 730
GPU frequency		0.30 - 1.55 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		64 GB
Technology		14 nm
Release date		Q1/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	Intel Core i5-14400
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	Intel Core i5-14400
Memory	DDR3-1866 (59.7 GB/s)	DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	192 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 40	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	Intel Core i5-14400
TDP	130 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)		148 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-4960X	Intel Core i5-14400
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q3/2013	Q1/2024
Release price	960 $	221 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-4960X is 4.5 stars (11 ratings), while Intel Core i5-14400 has received 4.0 stars (100 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-4960X
6C / 12T · 3.60 - 4.00 GHz

★★★★★

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

★★★★★