Intel Core i7-13700F vs Intel Core i9-12900

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12031 points
4% slightly better overall score
11471 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13909 points
5% slightly better gaming score
13241 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11438 points
4% slightly better multitasking score
10915 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11295 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
10835 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11823 points
8% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
10922 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

313.63 points
11% slightly higher Blender score
281.66 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15769 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
13170 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2678 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2513 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
Identical
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
2.4 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed
5.1 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

24 MiB
71% significantly more L2 cache
14 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
Identical
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

52nd of 1,089
59th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7
12th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Core i7-13700F vs Core i9-12900 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-13700F performs better than the Core i9-12900. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-12900 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13700F. Despite this, the Core i7-13700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13700F has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-12900. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-13700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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