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

Core i7-10700KF vs Core i7-12800HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-10700KF performs better than the Core i7-12800HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12800HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12800HX has significantly more cores than the Core i7-10700KF. Indeed, the Core i7-12800HX has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-10700KF. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10700KF. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10700KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800HX. Also, the Core i7-10700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12800HX 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. In terms of cache, the Core i7-12800HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-10700KF. The Core i7-12800HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-10700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.