Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Core i7-13700HX

Core i7-12700 vs Core i7-13700HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700 beats the Core i7-13700HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13700HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13700HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-12700 that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13700HX has a slightly higher turbo speed.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-12700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.