Intel Core i9 12900KF vs i7 13700K
We compared two 16-core desktop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Intel Core i9 12900KF against the 3.4 GHz i7 13700K. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score when comparing desktop CPUs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700K
- Newer - released 11-months later
- Around 12.8 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
- 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2726 vs 2489 points
- 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)
Promotion
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1220 MB/sec | 1680 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 139.1 Klines/sec | 159.6 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 392.2 pages/sec | 493.6 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 446.7 Mpixels/sec | 532.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 272 pages/sec | 278.3 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 49.1 images/sec | 74.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 133 images/sec | 170.7 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 33.3 Mpixels/sec | 36.6 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 138.9 GOps/sec | 156.5 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 106.1 GOps/sec | 116.5 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 146M Primes/sec | 202M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 57.7M Strings/sec | 64.8M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 29.7 GBytes/sec | 33.9 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 539.6 MBytes/sec | 606.7 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2129 Frames/sec | 2731 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 33.8B Matrices/sec | 37.3B Matrices/sec |
Value for money
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Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 12900KF and i7 13700KGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Released | October 27, 2021 | September 27, 2022 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Alder Lake | Raptor Lake |
| Model number | i9-12900KF | i7-13700K |
| Integrated GPU | No | UHD Graphics 770 |
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 16 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.1 GHz | 5.3 GHz |
| E-Cores | 8 | 8 |
| E-Threads | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.4 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.9 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Total Cores | 16 | 16 |
| Total Threads | 24 | 24 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 32x | 34x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 14MB (shared) | 2MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 30MB (shared) | 30MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 10 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 125 W | 125 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 241 W | 253 W |
| Socket | LGA-1700 | LGA-1700 |
| Peak temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | - | Intel UHD Graphics 770 |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | - | 1600 MHz |
| Shading Units | - | 256 |
| TMUs | - | 16 |
| ROPs | - | 8 |
| Execution Units | - | 32 |
| TGP | - | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | - DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 |
- DDR5-5600 - DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 89.6 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i9 12900KF official page | Intel Core i7 13700K official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 20 |
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