Intel Core i7-11700F vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Core i7-11700F vs Core i5-13420H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11700F beats the Core i5-13420H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-11700F has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-11700F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Also, the Core i7-11700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13420H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-11700F. Despite this, the Core i7-11700F 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 i7-11700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.