Core i7-12700 vs Core i7-14700 benchmarks
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700 is faster than the Core i7-14700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700 in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-12700. Indeed, the Core i7-14700 has 20 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-12700. 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 i7-14700.
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 i7-12700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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