Intel Core i7-14700HX vs Intel Core i7-12850HX

Core i7-14700HX vs Core i7-12850HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12850HX performs better than the Core i7-14700HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-14700HX has slightly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Core i7-12850HX that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12850HX. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-14700HX and Core i7-12850HX are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i7-14700HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-14700HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-12850HX. The Core i7-14700HX also has slightly more 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 i7-14700HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.