Intel Core i7-13700KF vs Intel Core i5-12400F. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 13000 Intel Core i 12000
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
• Generation
  13 12
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i7-12700KF Intel Core i5-11400F
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  8x Raptor Cove 6x Golden Cove
• A-Core Frequency
  3.40 GHz (5.40 GHz) -
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont -
• B-Core Frequency
  2.50 GHz (4.20 GHz) -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  16 6
• CPU Threads
  24 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Base Frequency
  - 2.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 4.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 4 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  None None
• Graphics verification source
  https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058487/processors.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058487/processors.html

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-12400F and Intel Core i7-13700KF. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  89.6 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-5600 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 5.0 x 20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-13700KF and Intel Core i5-12400F Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  125 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  253 W 117 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-13700KF and Intel Core i5-12400F, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Raptor Lake S Alder Lake S
• Chip design
  Monolithic -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  24 MB 7.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  30 MB 18 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux -
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q1/2022
• Release price
  384 $ -
• Socket
  LGA 1700 LGA 1700
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d