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

Core i9-12900KS vs Core i7-13700K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13700K is faster than the Core i9-12900KS. Despite this, the Core i9-12900KS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i9-12900KS and Core i7-13700K are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i9-12900KS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-13700K outputs less heat than Core i9-12900KS thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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