Intel Core i9-12900KF vs Intel Core i7-13700T

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12789 points
6% slightly better overall score
12052 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14030 points
9% slightly better gaming score
12795 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

12383 points
4% slightly better multitasking score
11847 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

12302 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
11813 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

361.08 points
17% slightly higher Blender score
306.05 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14786 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
11608 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2584 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2479 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
Identical
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
128% significantly higher clock speed
1.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

44th of 1,089
50th 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 i9-12900KF vs Core i7-13700T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900KF beats the Core i7-13700T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13700T in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-12900KF has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13700T. Also, the Core i9-12900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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

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