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

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

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

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  16 / 24 6 / 12
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• A-Core
  8x Raptor Cove 6x Golden Cove
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont --
• Overclocking
  Yes No

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
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  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.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-5600 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• ECC
  Yes No
• 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 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  125 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  253 W 117 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

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

• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1700 LGA 1700
• L2-Cache
  24.00 MB 7.50 MB
• L3-Cache
  30.00 MB 18.00 MB
• Architecture
  Raptor Lake S Alder Lake S
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• 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+
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q1/2022