Compare Food Processors

16 ranked products · Two to 4 at a time · Updated 1 Sept 2026

Pick any two to four of the 16 ranked food processors and read them side by side. This page opens on the board's top 3, Cuisinart Custom 14-Cup Food Processor (DFP-14BCNY), Breville Sous Chef 16 Peel & Dice Food Processor and Breville Sous Chef 12 Food Processor (BFP660).

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Food Processors compared side by side. Each column is one product, each row is one measure taken from the same research that built the board.
Measure	Cuisinart Cuisinart Custom 14-Cup Food Processor (DFP-14BCNY)	Breville Breville Sous Chef 16 Peel & Dice Food Processor	Breville Breville Sous Chef 12 Food Processor (BFP660)	Magimix Magimix 5200XL 14-Cup Food Processor	KitchenAid KitchenAid 13-Cup Food Processor with Dicing Kit (KFP1319)	GE GE 12-Cup Food Processor	KitchenAid KitchenAid 7-Cup Food Processor (KFP0718)	Breville Breville Paradice 9 Food Processor	Ninja Ninja Professional Plus Food Processor (BN601)	KitchenAid KitchenAid 3.5-Cup Food Chopper (KFC3516)	Hamilton Beach Hamilton Beach Stack & Snap 4-Cup Mini Food Processor	Cuisinart Cuisinart Core Custom 4-Cup Mini Chopper	Hamilton Beach Hamilton Beach Stack & Snap 12-Cup Food Processor	Cuisinart Cuisinart Mini Prep Plus 3-Cup Food Processor (DLC-2ABC)	Hamilton Beach Hamilton Beach Bowl Scraper 10-Cup Food Processor (70730)	KitchenAid KitchenAid Go Cordless 5-Cup Food Chopper
Tier	S	A	A	B	B	B	B	B	C	D	D	D	F	F	F	F
Rank on this board	1 of 16	2 of 16	3 of 16	4 of 16	5 of 16	6 of 16	7 of 16	8 of 16	9 of 16	10 of 16	11 of 16	12 of 16	13 of 16	14 of 16	15 of 16	16 of 16
Ladder points	965 LP	844 LP	698 LP	623 LP	601 LP	545 LP	536 LP	526 LP	465 LP	302 LP	272 LP	255 LP	165 LP	47 LP	7 LP	0 LP
Our verdict	The long-term ownership winner: a proven 720W motor, minimal electronics to fail, parts still available, and endorsement from Wirecutter, Bon Appetit, and the BuyItForLife crowd alike.	The best-performing processor in current testing (Serious Eats, Bon Appetit, Food & Wine), held from the top spot by its short base warranty and higher complexity.	Nearly all of the 16's capability in a friendlier size and price, with identical warranty caveats.	A 30-year motor warranty and French commercial-grade build make it arguably the most durable machine here; it loses first place only on US availability and support footprint.	Versatile and well supported with a genuinely useful dicing kit, though lid and latch durability trails the top three.	Good Housekeeping's best value pick delivers honest full-size performance at the lowest credible price in the category.	Simple, sensibly sized, and easy to store; a safe mid-tier ownership bet.	The compact Breville recommended by Bon Appetit and flagged by Serious Eats; right answer for smaller households.	Excellent power for the price, but a one-year warranty and plastic-heavy drivetrain cap its long-term ranking.	A durable, well-supported mini, just edged by the Core Custom on capacity and chop quality.	Serious Eats' favorite mini chopper at a near-impulse price; the right tool if your processing needs are small.	Food & Wine's tested mini winner and the small-chopper ownership pick.	The heavily marketed budget full-size, with a straining motor and fragile plastics that make it a poor three-year proposition; a discounted KitchenAid 7-Cup is the better budget buy.	Not badly built, just outclassed by Cuisinart's own Core Custom 4-Cup at the same price; its continued shelf presence is the only reason anyone still buys it.	Last place: a gimmick feature bolted onto the weakest durability platform in this field, solving a problem a spatula already solves.	Ranks above the remaining traps because it works decently while new, but the proprietary degrading battery is a built-in failure clock; buy a corded mini instead.
What reviewers rate	Proven 720W continuous-duty motor with a decade-plus track record Simple controls and minimal electronics to fail Replacement parts remain available years later Long-running Wirecutter top pick and r/BuyItForLife favorite	Best-performing processor in current testing across multiple outlets Powerful, precise, and loaded with useful discs	Same motor philosophy and build standard as the 16 Footprint more kitchens can live with Meaningfully lower price than the 16	Extraordinary 30-year motor guarantee French commercial-grade build from the company that invented the food processor Spare bowls, blades, and lids sold individually for years	Genuinely useful dicing kit Smart in-bowl accessory storage Strong parts availability and service network	Good Housekeeping's "Best value" pick Delivers credible full-size performance Undercuts even the Cuisinart 14 on price	Twist-free lid design fixed the brand's old latching annoyances Low profile stores easily Simpler and more sensible size for cooks who do not need 13 cups	Delivers Breville-grade slicing and dicing in a compact footprint Bon Appetit's co-best-overall recommendation for smaller households No counter-space commitment of the bigger Sous Chefs	1000-peak-watt motor - the power-per-dollar play Auto-iQ presets that test well for the price	Compact footprint, drizzle basin, and locking blade make it a perennial recommendation Durable enough and very widely supported	Serious Eats' favorite mini food processor Generously sized bowl for a mini and blends efficiently Very low, near-impulse price Best small-chop value in the category	Won Food & Wine's mini food processor testing outright Proper reversible blade and dishwasher-safe parts Small Cuisinart motors have a long history of surviving years of garlic, herbs, and nuts	Cheap and pushed hard on big-box endcaps, so easy to find Reviews fine in week one	Not badly built - a decades-old, proven design Still sold everywhere, so easy to find	Inexpensive entry point Built-in bowl scraper at least attempts to reduce stopping to scrape the bowl	Works decently while new Cordless format looks clever and offers grab-and-go convenience
Where it falls short	Bon Appetit ranks it as a runner-up to the Breville on performance	Short base warranty for the money More accessories and electronics mean more potential failure points than the dead-simple Cuisinart Premium price	Short base warranty Premium parts pricing	Costs more than the Cuisinart Fewer US retail touchpoints, keeping it out of most American test lineups	Mixed long-term feedback on lid and latch durability versus Cuisinart and Breville	Performance is credible rather than class-leading Lacks the polish and premium features of the Breville and Cuisinart leaders	Build is solid rather than spectacular	You are paying for capability Warranty does not match the price tag	Short warranty, typically one year Plastic-heavy drive components Long-horizon reliability reports are spottier than Cuisinart or Breville	Slightly smaller capacity than the Core Custom Less refined chopping than the Cuisinart Core Custom	Mini capacity only - suited to small, occasional chopping tasks, not full-size prep	Nothing recorded	450-watt motor strains on dough and hard cheese Plastic bowl and lid are common breakage points One-year warranty; disappoints in year two	Older blade geometry and smaller capacity are outclassed by its successor The design the Core Custom 4-Cup replaced in Cuisinart's own lineup, at nearly the same price	Bowl scraper is a gimmick - a spatula does the job better Same weak-motor, thin-plastic platform as the Stack & Snap Nothing about the mechanism fixes the durability fundamentals that matter at year three	Proprietary rechargeable battery will degrade and become the product's failure point Less torque than a corded chopper Price premium for the battery - a consumable battery pack with a food chopper attached
Evidence behind it	10 sources across 10 outlets	16 sources across 14 outlets	2 sources across 2 outlets	5 sources across 5 outlets	6 sources across 6 outlets	4 sources across 4 outlets	7 sources across 6 outlets	10 sources across 10 outlets	33 sources across 30 outlets	11 sources across 9 outlets	1 source across 1 outlet Thin sourcing, read it as provisional	2 sources across 2 outlets	2 sources across 2 outlets	18 sources across 18 outlets	8 sources across 8 outlets	12 sources across 10 outlets
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Every column is the same research that built the board. Nothing here is a specification sheet copied from a maker. Read how we rank for what a tier and a ladder point mean.