Rockchip RK3288 vs Intel Core i5-14401E

Rockchip RK3288

Der Rockchip RK3288 ist ein Mittelklasse ARM-SoC für Android und Chrome OS basierte Systeme. Er integriert vier 32 Bit ARM Cortex-A12 Kerne (welche jedoch von ARM Cortex-A17 genannt werden, durch die vergleichbare Performance). Die CPU Kerne takten mit bis zu 1,8 GHz. Weiters integriert der SoC (System on a CHip) eine ARM Mali-T760 MP4 (auch Mali-T764 genannte) Grafikkarte mit 600 MHz Taktfrequenz und einen Dual-Channel DDR3, DDR3L, LPDDR2, LPDDR3 Speicherkontroller.

Die ARM Cortex-A12 Kerne (ARMv7-A Architektur) sind die direkten Nachfolger der Cortex-A9 Cores und dank eines komplexeren Out-of-Order-Designs erreichen sie eine höhere Rechenleistung/MHz (3 statt 2,5 DMIPS/MHz). 

Die integrierte Video Engine unterstützt das Encoding von 1080p Videos in H.264, VP8 und MVC. Dekodieren kann der Chip 4K H.264 und 10 Bit H.265 Videos.

Der Rockchip 3288 wird im aktuellen 28 nm HKMG Prozess gefertigt.

Intel Core i5-14401E

The Intel Core i5-14401E is a peculiar Raptor Lake family desktop processor (SoC) that has 6 performance cores but 0 efficient cores. It's the lack of E-cores that makes 14X01 chips special.

The product has decently sized level 2 and 3 caches at 12 MB and 24 MB, respectively. Its CPU cores run at up to 4.7 GHz. The UHD 730 serves as the integrated graphics solution. There is no 'proper' NPU here.

The i5 chip is manufactured using the Intel 7 process which is fairly old, as of mid 2025. Its base TDP sits at 65 W by default which is the standard value for desktop CPUs.

The i5-14401TE has slightly lower CPU clock speeds and wattage but is otherwise identical to the i5-14401E.

Performance

While we have not tested a single 14X01 processor as of May 2025, we do know that a single 4.6 GHz Raptor Cove core, like that of an i5-13450HX is good for 102 Cinebench 2024 points and 246 Cinebench R15 points. (The 14401E can run at up to 4.7 GHz, to remind you.) If we multiply the values by 6, we get a reasonably fair projection that sees the 14401E being just a little ahead of newer but not particularly powerful chips like Intel's Ultra 5 228V (Lunar Lake product family) and older chips of the more powerful kind, like AMD's Ryzen 7 5800H (Cezanne family, Zen 3 architecture). While not particularly impressive, this is most certainly sufficient for any tasks and applications one could run in 2025, top games included.