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Intel Core i7 13620H vs i7 12700H

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Intel Core i7 13620H
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Intel Core i7 12700H
Intel Core i7 13620H
Intel Core i7 12700H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 13620H with 10-cores against the 2.3 GHz i7 12700H with 14-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments (1)

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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 12700H and 13620H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13620H
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700H
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) integrated graphics: 2.2 vs 1.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 13620H
vs
Core i7 12700H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#141st place)
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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)
Core i7 13620H +10%
12296
Core i7 12700H
11165
File compression 1100 MB/sec 907 MB/sec
Clang compilation 86.7 Klines/sec 83.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 293.8 pages/sec 270.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 338.2 Mpixels/sec 350.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 251.9 pages/sec 236.4 pages/sec
Background blur 52.1 images/sec 44.8 images/sec
Photo processing 107.8 images/sec 95.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 20 Mpixels/sec 18 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 978 & 901 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13620H
23250
Core i7 12700H +7%
24970
Integer math 79.1 GOps/sec 87.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 58.1 GOps/sec 63.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 94M Primes/sec 91M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 28.5M Strings/sec 32.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15 GBytes/sec 17.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 270 MBytes/sec 292.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1561 Frames/sec 1476 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.8B Matrices/sec 17.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 7401 & 12064 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 13620H
185.51
Core i7 12700H +7%
197.87

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.1 PPW 23.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 273.2 PPW 248.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 516.7 PPW 554.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.12 PPW 4.4 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 13620H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-17 (kam)GeekBench2647 / 13329
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Sus Go0d)GeekBench2523 / 11616
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (Gigant)GeekBench2644 / 11794
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (Gigant)Cinebench 2024113 / 914
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-03 (Rahi)GeekBench2643 / 11570
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Intel Core i7 12700H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-30 -> YowthCinebench 2024105 / 541
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-27 (Fapvie)Cinebench 2024102 / 961
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-27 (sizar)Cinebench 2024100 / 750
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-14 (HansNoob)Cinebench 2024103 / 860
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-16 (robin)Cinebench 202497 / 676
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 13620H and i7 12700H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 3, 2023 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Alder Lake
Model number i7-13620H i7-12700H
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (64EU) Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
Successor - Intel Core 7 240H - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
Intel CPU rating (122nd and 125th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 8
E-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 1.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 14
Total Threads 16 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24x 23x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 115 W
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (162nd and 163rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1400 MHz
Shading Units 512 768
TMUs 32 48
ROPs 16 24
Execution Units 64 96
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 13620H
1.5 TFLOPS
Core i7 12700H +47%
2.2 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) compared to UHD Graphics (64 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR5x-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 13620H official page Intel Core i7 12700H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i7 12700H or i7 13620H?
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K.ZoZ November 25, 2024 at 05:59 PM
Hi Serhii, I know that you have extensive experience in the field of products and specifications on your site and I would really like to get your opinion or experience about which processors are better in actual experience and is the Core i7 12700H worth a higher price as in most laptops or is the Core i7 13620H stronger and has better values?
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