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

Core i9-12900HX vs Core i7-13700 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-13700 performs better than the Core i9-12900HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900HX 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 i9-12900HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13700. Despite this, the Core i7-13700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13700 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-12900HX. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 i9-12900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.