Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Core i5-13600HX

Core i7-12700 vs Core i5-13600HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700 is faster than the Core i5-13600HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13600HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13600HX has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i7-12700 that has 12 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13600HX. 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.