Intel Core i7-12800HX vs Intel Core i7-14700K

Core i7-12800HX vs Core i7-14700K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14700K beats the Core i7-12800HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12800HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-14700K has slightly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Core i7-12800HX that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12800HX. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-14700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800HX. Also, the Core i7-14700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-14700K has more L2 cache than the Core i7-12800HX. The Core i7-14700K also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i7-12800HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.