Intel Core i7-10700KF vs Intel Core i7-12800H

Core i7-10700KF vs Core i7-12800H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10700KF beats the Core i7-12800H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12800H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12800H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i7-10700KF that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10700KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-10700KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800H. Also, the Core i7-10700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12800H outputs less heat than Core i7-10700KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-12800H has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700KF. The Core i7-12800H also has significantly 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 i7-10700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.