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

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 8 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

7179 points

36% slightly better overall score

5252 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8706 points

13% slightly better gaming score

7672 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6665 points

47% significantly better multitasking score

4530 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6515 points

48% significantly better heavy workload score

4376 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7286 points

33% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5457 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

172.73 points

43% significantly higher Blender score

120.41 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

80% significantly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

4.6 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

75% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

64 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

7 MiB

250% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

179th of 1,089

316th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7

13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-10700KF vs Core i5-13420H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10700KF is faster than the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-10700KF has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-10700KF has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13420H. Also, the Core i7-10700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-13420H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-10700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-10700KF 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 i7-10700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.