Intel Core i7-13700HX vs Intel Core i7-14700

Core i7-13700HX vs Core i7-14700 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-13700HX performs better than the Core i7-14700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-14700 has slightly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Core i7-13700HX that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13700HX. Both the Core i7-13700HX and Core i7-14700 have the same clock speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-14700 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-13700HX. The Core i7-14700 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 i7-13700HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.