Intel Core i7-12700F vs Intel Core i7-14650HX

Core i7-12700F vs Core i7-14650HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700F beats the Core i7-14650HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14650HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14650HX has slightly more cores than the Core i7-12700F. Indeed, the Core i7-14650HX has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-12700F. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700F. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14650HX 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 i7-12700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.