Intel Core i7 13700 vs i7 11700

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i7 13700 with 16-cores against the 2.5 GHz i7 11700 with 8-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
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
18.3
(Bad)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 11700 and 13700
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 14 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Around 39.6 GB/s (79%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer - released 1 year and 10 months later
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 31% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2817 vs 2143 points
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

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 Scores (#149th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2817
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
16321
File compression 1250 MB/sec 589.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 147.2 Klines/sec 80 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 360.9 pages/sec 188.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 466.6 Mpixels/sec 284.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 285.4 pages/sec 206.9 pages/sec
Background blur 66.7 images/sec 47.9 images/sec
Photo processing 122.9 images/sec 65.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 34.1 Mpixels/sec 17.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1031 & 1026 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
4091
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
35867
Integer math 136.7 GOps/sec 79.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 96.1 GOps/sec 46.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 144M Primes/sec 55M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 46M Strings/sec 30.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 25.2 GBytes/sec 12.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 436.6 MBytes/sec 262.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 2017 Frames/sec 880 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 26.1B Matrices/sec 18.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2714 & 3419 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
352.92
172.16

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.6 PPW 11 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 251.1 PPW 143.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 551.8 PPW 316.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.43 PPW 2.65 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
Intel Core i7 11700
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-27 (Blikz911)Cinebench 202487 / 750
πŸ“˜ 2024-04-19 (Sotthy)Cinebench 202491 / 714

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 13700 and i7 11700

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 3, 2023 March 16, 2021
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Rocket Lake
Model number i7-13700 i7-11700
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 UHD Graphics 750
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7700 - AMD Ryzen 7 5800
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265 - Intel Core Ultra 7 265
Intel CPU rating (59th and 175th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 4.9 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 25x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 512K (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 118th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 750
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1600 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 256 256
TMUs 16 64
ROPs 8 32
Execution Units 32 32
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.8 TFLOPS
0.7 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 50 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 13700 official page Intel Core i7 11700 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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