Intel Core i7-12700H vs Intel Core i5-13600K

Core i7-12700H vs Core i5-13600K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13600K performs better than the Core i7-12700H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12700H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-13600K. Indeed, the Core i7-12700H has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i5-13600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13600K. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-13600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700H. Also, the Core i5-13600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12700H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-13600K 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 i7-12700H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.