Intel Core i5-13400F vs Intel Core i7-12700T

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs Intel 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8423 points
0.86% slightly better overall score
8351 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10881 points
0.40% slightly better gaming score
10838 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7653 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
7548 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7469 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
7300 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

197.47 points
224.34 points
13% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10863 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
9560 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2293 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2256 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
12
20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
78% significantly higher clock speed
1.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4.7 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
12 MiB
499% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
25 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

129th of 1,089
132nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Core i5-13400F vs Core i7-12700T benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13400F is faster than the Core i7-12700T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12700T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700T has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i5-13400F has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13400F. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-13400F has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12700T. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-12700T has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13400F. The Core i7-12700T also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-13400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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