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. Despite this, the Core i7-14700HX 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.