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Intel Core i7 13700H vs i5 1240P

55 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13700H
VS
45 out of 100
Intel Core i5 1240P
Intel Core i7 13700H
Intel Core i5 1240P

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 13700H with 14-cores against the 1.7 GHz i5 1240P with 12-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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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 1240P and 13700H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700H
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) integrated graphics: 2.3 vs 1.7 TFLOPS
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Newer - released 11 months later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 16% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2546 vs 2201 points
  • 14% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 13700H
vs
Core i5 1240P

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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 13700H +16%
2546
Core i5 1240P
2201
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700H +36%
11757
Core i5 1240P
8643
File compression 1100 MB/sec 629 MB/sec
Clang compilation 81.1 Klines/sec 61.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 301.6 pages/sec 212.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 354.9 Mpixels/sec 278.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 246.6 pages/sec 196.2 pages/sec
Background blur 44.3 images/sec 39 images/sec
Photo processing 113.5 images/sec 76.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.6 Mpixels/sec 13.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 633 & 536 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 13700H +12%
3552
Core i5 1240P
3161
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700H +64%
25847
Core i5 1240P
15763
Integer math 91.1 GOps/sec 60.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64.9 GOps/sec 41.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 100M Primes/sec 44M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 33.1M Strings/sec 20.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.6 GBytes/sec 10.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 301.1 MBytes/sec 183.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1688 Frames/sec 859 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.9B Matrices/sec 10.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4408 & 2088 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 13700H +77%
195.53
Core i5 1240P
110.19

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17 PPW 17.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 261.3 PPW 308.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 574.4 PPW 563 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.35 PPW 3.94 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 13700H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (onotole)Geekbench 6 CPU2745 / 14786
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-15 -> ZayGeekbench 6 CPU2539 / 13137
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 -> ZayCinebench 2024110 / 935
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 -> ZayGeekbench 6 CPU2539 / 13140
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-26 (Germantas)Geekbench 6 CPU2455 / 10473
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Intel Core i5 1240P
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-19 (Aki)Geekbench 6 CPU2214 / 9632
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-19 (Aki)Cinebench 202498 / 523
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-16 (tg)Cinebench 202480 / 480
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-15 (Piyush)Cinebench 202465 / 88
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 13700H and i5 1240P

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 3, 2023 February 23, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Alder Lake
Model number i7-13700H i5-1240P
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H - AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H - Intel Core i5 1340P
Intel CPU rating (114th and 186th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 1.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 8
E-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 12
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24x 17x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 20-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 64 W
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 768 640
TMUs 48 40
ROPs 24 20
Execution Units 96 80
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 13700H +35%
2.3 TFLOPS
Core i5 1240P
1.7 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) compared to Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- 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 13700H official page Intel Core i5 1240P official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

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