Intel Core i7-13700H vs Intel Core i5-13400

Core i7-13700H vs Core i5-13400 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13400 beats the Core i7-13700H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13700H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13700H has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i5-13400 that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13400. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-13400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700H. Despite this, the Core i7-13700H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13700H has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13400. The Core i7-13700H 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 i7-13700H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.