Intel Core i7-12700H vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Core i7-12700H vs Core i5-13420H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700H beats the Core i5-13420H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13420H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i5-13420H has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13420H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13420H. Also, the Core i7-12700H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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