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Intel Core i7 13700 vs i7 10700

67 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13700
VS
39 out of 100
Intel Core i7 10700
Intel Core i7 13700
Intel Core i7 10700

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i7 13700 with 16-cores against the 2.9 GHz i7 10700 with 8-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

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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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
26.5
(Mediocre)
Value Index
17.8
(Bad)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 10700 and 13700
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Around 43.8 GB/s (96%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 14 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 2 years and 8 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics 770 integrated graphics: 0.8 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • 63% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2817 vs 1731 points
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 13700
vs
Core i7 10700

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 13700 +107%
1014
Core i7 10700
491
Cinebench Scores (#149th 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)
Core i7 13700 +63%
2817
Core i7 10700
1731
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700 +107%
16321
Core i7 10700
7867
File compression 1250 MB/sec 563.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 147.2 Klines/sec 66.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 360.9 pages/sec 163.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 466.6 Mpixels/sec 259.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 285.4 pages/sec 171.3 pages/sec
Background blur 66.7 images/sec 36.3 images/sec
Photo processing 122.9 images/sec 65.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 34.1 Mpixels/sec 13 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1031 & 625 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 13700 +42%
4091
Core i7 10700
2879
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700 +124%
35867
Core i7 10700
15982
Integer math 136.7 GOps/sec 62.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 96.1 GOps/sec 38.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 144M Primes/sec 46M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 46M Strings/sec 31.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 25.2 GBytes/sec 5.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 436.6 MBytes/sec 249.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 2017 Frames/sec 785 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 26.1B Matrices/sec 16.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2714 & 6273 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 13700 +148%
352.92
Core i7 10700
142.06

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.6 PPW 7.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 251.1 PPW 121 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 551.8 PPW 245.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.43 PPW 2.19 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 13700
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-06 (Bughunter47)Cinebench 2024121 / 1237
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-12 (Elektronyx97)Geekbench 6 CPU2772 / 18553
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-12 (Elektronyx97)Cinebench 2024117 / 1581
πŸ“˜ 2024-10-04 (mr b)Cinebench 2024116 / 967
πŸ“˜ 2023-12-07 (Akirafjz)Cinebench 2024119 / 1014
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Intel Core i7 10700
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-04 (koni)Cinebench 2026375 / 2607
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-15 (Texassky)Cinebench 202477 / 709
πŸ“˜ 2024-11-23 (Adam)Cinebench 202473 / 491
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 13700 and i7 10700

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 3, 2023 May 1, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Comet Lake
Model number i7-13700 i7-10700
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 UHD Graphics 630
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7700 -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265 - Intel Core Ultra 7 265
Intel CPU rating (#59th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 2.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 4.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 24 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 29x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 219 W -
Socket LGA-1700 LGA-1200
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (60th and 150th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1600 MHz 1200 MHz
Shading Units 256 192
TMUs 16 24
ROPs 8 3
Execution Units 32 24
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 13700 +60%
0.8 TFLOPS
Core i7 10700
0.5 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics 630 compared to Graphics 770

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 45.8 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 13700 official page Intel Core i7 10700 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

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