Intel Core i7-12700KF vs Intel Core i9-13980HX

Core i7-12700KF vs Core i9-13980HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13980HX beats the Core i7-12700KF in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-12700KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700KF has significantly more cores than the Core i9-13980HX. Indeed, the Core i7-12700KF has 12 cores compared to 5 cores found in the Core i9-13980HX. It also has more threads than the Core i9-13980HX. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13980HX.

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.