Intel Core i7-12700KF vs Intel Core i5-13400F

Core i7-12700KF vs Core i5-13400F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700KF beats the Core i5-13400F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13400F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12700KF has slightly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i5-13400F that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13400F. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700KF has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13400F. Also, the Core i7-12700KF 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 i7-12700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.