Intel Core i7-12700H vs Intel Core i5-13500H

Core i7-12700H vs Core i5-13500H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13500H is faster than the Core i7-12700H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12700H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12700H has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i5-13500H that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13500H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-13500H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700H. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-12700H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.