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Intel Core i7 13700H vs i7 12700H

55 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13700H
VS
54 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12700H
Intel Core i7 13700H
Intel Core i7 12700H

We compared two 14-core laptop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 13700H against the 2.3 GHz i7 12700H. 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 (11)

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 13700H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700H
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 13700H
vs
Core i7 12700H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#142nd 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 13700H +5%
11757
Core i7 12700H
11165
File compression 1100 MB/sec 907 MB/sec
Clang compilation 81.1 Klines/sec 83.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 301.6 pages/sec 270.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 354.9 Mpixels/sec 350.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 246.6 pages/sec 236.4 pages/sec
Background blur 44.3 images/sec 44.8 images/sec
Photo processing 113.5 images/sec 95.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.6 Mpixels/sec 18 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 633 & 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 13700H +4%
25847
Core i7 12700H
24970
Integer math 91.1 GOps/sec 87.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64.9 GOps/sec 63.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 100M Primes/sec 91M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 33.1M Strings/sec 32.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.6 GBytes/sec 17.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 301.1 MBytes/sec 292.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1688 Frames/sec 1476 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.9B Matrices/sec 17.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4408 & 12064 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 13700H
195.53
Core i7 12700H +1%
197.87

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17 PPW 23.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 261.3 PPW 248.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 574.4 PPW 554.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.35 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 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 i7 12700H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Mark)Geekbench 7 CPU1884 / 8871
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Mark)Cinebench 2026460 / 1351
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-30 -> YowthCinebench 2024105 / 541
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-27 (Fapvie)Cinebench 2024102 / 961
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-27 (sizar)Cinebench 2024100 / 750
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 13700H 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 i7-13700H i7-12700H
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
Intel CPU rating (114th 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) 5 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 8
E-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 1.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 14
Total Threads 20 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 (151st and 162nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1400 MHz
Shading Units 768 768
TMUs 48 48
ROPs 24 24
Execution Units 96 96
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 13700H +5%
2.3 TFLOPS
Core i7 12700H
2.2 TFLOPS
See: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) benchmarks

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 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 13700H?
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Juci June 1, 2023 at 05:42 PM
There's no compelling reason to invest in the 13700H unless Intel suddenly halts production of their 12th gen CPUs. Honestly, I struggle to understand why they even launched the 13th gen H series, along with the i3-i7 parts of the HX series, which are virtually equivalent to CPUs like the 12800HX, etc. We're seeing a lot of repackaging and rebranding as 'new' these days. The only real upgrade in the 13th gen is the i9 series, but given their sky-high price, we might as well act like they don't exist.
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Jeel Chauhan April 25, 2023 at 05:24 AM
I prefer the Intel 12th Gen i7-12700H processor because there isn't much difference between the 12th and 13th Gen processors. The only distinction is the price, with the 13th Gen being more expensive, while the specs and performance are quite similar.
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CharlySpace July 23, 2023 at 12:40 PM
13th Generation Intel Core i7-13700H supports PCIe 5.0 and its boost speed is 5GHz, of course there is a big difference.
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Darknoor January 4, 2023 at 10:03 AM
Came worried my recently bought 11th gen was surpassed hard only to smile seeing I'm just as good.
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Neil December 24, 2022 at 12:54 AM
The 13th gen definitely looks like a bit of a disappointment. For someone comparing the 6800H though, it's not really an apples-to-apples comparison. The 6800H is more efficient, but more importantly its igpu is more than 2x more powerful using RDNA2. Intel makes sense if you want to squeak out 15-20% more CPU performance, but you'll do it at the penalty of power and have a crappy igpu.
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Mostafa January 25, 2023 at 02:01 PM
When you buy a laptop with i7 12700h it will come with a dedicated GPU so no need to care about Igpu, igpu is important with series u because most of them come without a dedicated GPU
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Kris February 21, 2023 at 11:40 PM
Mostafa, It's important, because there are laptops like Asus Rog Flow x13, where igpu is very important, and have also normal GPU.
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Fushigi November 27, 2022 at 03:39 PM
Lmfaoooooo, wtf intel. What were you thinking? I would understand if they improved things like efficiency and have the same outputs. But the 12th gen is more efficient πŸ’€. I think intel is knowingly trying to sabotage this series to boost the new p series and u series.
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Anonymous May 22, 2023 at 05:14 AM
More like their 13th gen is just so inefficient (relatively) that you can't see any performance improvement when power is as limited as it is in laptops. On the desktop, there is more of a different because power consumption increased. Also, the fact that the core count is identical didn't help. The 14th gen supposedly comes with massive efficiency improvements but only up to 6+8 (P and E cores) and a lower clock speed, so don't expect any performance improvements until the 15th gen releases.
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Marsel October 30, 2022 at 08:55 PM
I would definitely choose the 12th i7 mobile processor because the 13th gen just isn't that much improved over the 12th gen H series. Like the desktop i7-13700k has 4 more efficient cores 5MB more of cash and higher clock speeds which is an improvement over the 12700k. But on the other hand, it is a lot more difficult to improve the mobile cpu's because of the heat management, etc. I think that the best advancement in the intel H mobile cpu's was the switch from 11800H to 12700H where Intel introduced the P and E cores. For example, i7 12700H absolutely destroyed AMD 7 6800H in Peak performance.
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legaacyl March 23, 2023 at 09:10 PM
if there's something new, why not?? the price still cost the same, and you get 15% more performance.
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