Intel Core i7-12700H vs Intel Core i9-13900HX

Core i7-12700H vs Core i9-13900HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13900HX beats the Core i7-12700H in overall performance. 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 i9-13900HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i7-12700H that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13900HX 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.