Intel Core i7 12700F vs i5 13500

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i7 12700F with 12-cores against the 2.5 GHz i5 13500 with 14-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
41.9
(Average)
Value Index
40.1
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 13500 and 12700F
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13500
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 457
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 5184
Cinebench Scores (#131st place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
13076
File compression 829.9 MB/sec 930.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 120.8 Klines/sec 128.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 264.9 pages/sec 277.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 390.3 Mpixels/sec 395.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 261.8 pages/sec 268.6 pages/sec
Background blur 61.7 images/sec 58.6 images/sec
Photo processing 98.8 images/sec 95.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 28.4 Mpixels/sec 18.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1084 & 1152 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
30777
Integer math 107.1 GOps/sec 107.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 81.6 GOps/sec 79.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 96M Primes/sec 99M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 39.5M Strings/sec 42M Strings/sec
Data encryption 20 GBytes/sec 21.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 379.5 MBytes/sec 383.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1468 Frames/sec 1593 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 24.4B Matrices/sec 23.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4363 & 3228 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
276.63
257.87

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17 PPW 17.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 201.2 PPW 193.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 463.8 PPW 473.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.26 PPW 3.97 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 12700F
No benchmark results yet
Intel Core i5 13500
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-08 (Ikkyusan)Cinebench 2024112 / 1247
📘 2026-04-08 (Ikkyusan)Geekbench 6 CPU2669 / 15633
📘 2026-04-08 (Ikkyusan)Cinebench 2026457 / 5184

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12700F and i5 13500

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 4, 2022 January 3, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Raptor Lake
Model number i7-12700F i5-13500
Integrated GPU No UHD Graphics 770
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 5 7600
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265F - Intel Core i5 14500
Intel CPU rating (#77th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 8
E-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 14
Total Threads 20 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 25x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 25MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 180 W 154 W
Socket LGA-1700 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#77th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU Base Clock - 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 1550 MHz
Shading Units - 256
TMUs - 16
ROPs - 8
Execution Units - 32
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.8 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 12700F official page Intel Core i5 13500 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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