Intel Core i7-13700 vs Intel Core i5-14600T

Core i7-13700 vs Core i5-14600T comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13700 beats the Core i5-14600T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-14600T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-13700 has slightly more cores than the Core i5-14600T. Indeed, the Core i7-13700 has 16 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i5-14600T. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14600T. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-13700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14600T. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-13700 also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-13700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.