Intel Core i7-13700HX vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Core i7-13700HX vs Core i5-13420H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13700HX beats the Core i5-13420H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13420H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13700HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-13420H that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13420H. Both the Core i7-13700HX and Core i5-13420H have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-13700HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13700HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-13420H. The Core i7-13700HX also has significantly 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 i7-13700HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.