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

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-13700

Price

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$ 289.00

$ 188.75 significantly less expensive

$ 477.75

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

13331 points

20% slightly better overall score

11040 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14234 points

7% slightly better gaming score

13218 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13035 points

25% slightly better multitasking score

10372 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

12983 points

26% slightly better heavy workload score

10223 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11701 points

11967 points

2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

364.47 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

316.57 points

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

27005 points

29725 points

10% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15144 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

14666 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2550 points

2584 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15365 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

14471 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2616 points

2638 points

0.84% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

52% significantly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz

Identical

5.2 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB

Identical

30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

39th of 1,089

68th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9

13th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i9-12900K vs Core i7-13700 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13700 is faster than the Core i9-12900K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-12900K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds.

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 i9-12900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.