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

Core i7-12700 vs Core i5-13600KF specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13600KF beats the Core i7-12700 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12700 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13600KF has slightly more cores than the Core i7-12700. Indeed, the Core i5-13600KF has 14 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-12700. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-13600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700. Also, the Core i5-13600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12700 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-13600KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.