Intel Core i7-11700KF vs Intel Core i7-12700H

Core i7-11700KF vs Core i7-12700H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700H is faster than the Core i7-11700KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11700KF in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i7-11700KF has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11700KF. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-11700KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700H. Also, the Core i7-11700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12700H outputs less heat than Core i7-11700KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-11700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.