Intel Core i7-12700F vs Intel Core i7-13700KF

Core i7-12700F vs Core i7-13700KF specs and performance

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

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13700KF has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-12700F that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-13700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700F. Also, the Core i7-13700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12700F CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-13700KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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