i5-14400 vs Pentium Silver

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver
2020
1.91
Core i5-14400
2024
10 cores / 16 threads, 65 Watt
16.06
+741%

Core i5-14400 outperforms Pentium Silver by a whopping 741% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver and Core i5-14400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1970420
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data52.73
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data23.26
Architecture codenameno dataRaptor Lake-R (2023−2024)
Release date1 July 2020 (4 years ago)8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$221

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver and Core i5-14400 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical coresno data10 (Deca-Core)
Threadsno data16
Base clock speedno data2.5 GHz
Boost clock speedno data4.7 GHz
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data20 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyno dataIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data215 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver and Core i5-14400 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
Socketno dataFCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)no data65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver and Core i5-14400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium Silver and Core i5-14400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver and Core i5-14400 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver and Core i5-14400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data192 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 730
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.55 GHz
Execution Unitsno data24

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver and Core i5-14400 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver and Core i5-14400 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver and Core i5-14400 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver and Core i5-14400.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium Silver 1.91
i5-14400 16.06
+741%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium Silver 3037
i5-14400 25506
+740%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.91 16.06
Recency 1 July 2020 8 January 2024

i5-14400 has a 740.8% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 3 years.

The Core i5-14400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Silver is a notebook processor while Core i5-14400 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver and Core i5-14400, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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