Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Core i5-13400

Core i7-12700K vs Core i5-13400 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700K is faster than the Core i5-13400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13400 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700K has slightly more cores than the Core i5-13400. Indeed, the Core i7-12700K has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-13400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13400. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13400. Also, the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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