Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Core i5-13500

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-13500

Price

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$ 318.24

$ 269.97

$ 48.27 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10390 points

4% slightly better overall score

9936 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12574 points

4% slightly better gaming score

12084 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9694 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

9267 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9533 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

9125 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9515 points

4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

9089 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

259.30 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

255.79 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9492 points

12224 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1788 points

2368 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10978 points

12160 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2375 points

2419 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

32% slightly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.8 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

4% slightly more L3 cache

24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

78th of 1,089

93rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7

13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-12700 vs Core i5-13500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700 beats the Core i5-13500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13500 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13500 has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i7-12700 has 12 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13500. Also, the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-12700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.