Intel Core i7-12700KF vs Intel Core i7-14700HX

Core i7-12700KF vs Core i7-14700HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700KF beats the Core i7-14700HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700HX has significantly more cores than the Core i7-12700KF. Indeed, the Core i7-14700HX has 20 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-12700KF. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700KF. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700KF has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-14700HX.

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.