Intel Core i7-10700 vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Core i7-10700 vs Core i5-13420H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-10700 performs better than the Core i5-13420H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13420H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-10700 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Also, the Core i7-10700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13420H has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700. Despite this, the Core i7-10700 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13420H.

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 i7-10700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.