Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX vs Intel Core i5 14400F

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX, vs Intel Core i5 14400F. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX and Intel Core i5 14400F
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
2031
Intel Core i5 14400F
1816
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
25602
Intel Core i5 14400F
16252
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
132
Intel Core i5 14400F
103
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
1591
Intel Core i5 14400F
867
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
n/a
Intel Core i5 14400F
3719
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
n/a
Intel Core i5 14400F
25743
Integer Mathn/a81.8 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a61.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a89 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a32.6 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a17 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a316.5 MB/s
Physicsn/a1602 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a20 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
2901
Intel Core i5 14400F
2402
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
17597
Intel Core i5 14400F
12600
File Compression1270 MB/s1180 MB/s
Clang Compilation187.3 KLines/s82.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser337.9 pages/s322.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering488.3 MP/sec378.8 MP/sec
Text Processing336.6 pages/s241.4 pages/s
Background Blur72.7 frames/s54.2 frames/s
Photo Processing121.8 frames/s125.5 frames/s
Ray Tracing39.7 MP/sec19.6 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
n/a
Intel Core i5 14400F
196.47

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 319.9 PPW 193.8 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 396 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 28.9 PPW 13.3 PPW
Blender / W n/a 3.02 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel Intel
Announced January, 6, 2025 January, 9, 2024
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number 255HX i5-14400F
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 6
Threads 8 12
Frequency 2.4 GHz 2.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.2 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores124
Threads124
Frequency1.8 GHz1.8 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)4.5 GHz3.5 GHz
General
Cores count2010
Threads count2016
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier24x25x
L1 cache112 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache2000 KB/core2000 KB/core
L3 Cache30 MB total20 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Process tech. 3 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 45-55 W 65 W
Max TDP (Boost) 160 W 148 W
Socket FCBGA-2114 LGA-1700
Critical temp. 105 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-6400 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max Size 192 GB 192 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 76.8 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 24 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX the clear winner in this comparison.

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