12th Gen Core i7-12650H vs 13th Gen Core i7-13620H

Short answer: which is best?

12th Gen Core i7-12650H is 16.3 % stronger than 13th Gen Core i7-13620H. 12th Gen Core i7-12650H ranks #41 of 104 measured processors at WhatFPS (8,866 CPU score over 1 verified runs). 13th Gen Core i7-13620H ranks #58 of 104 measured processors at WhatFPS (7,622 CPU score over 3 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 4 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

Metric12th Gen Core i7-12650H13th Gen Core i7-13620H
CPU score (the processor's own performance)8,8667,622
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)7,0535,235
Integer (MT)6 Gop/s4.6 Gop/s
Single-thread (1T)0.74 Gop/s0.65 Gop/s
Draw calls/s (DX11)10,622,2879,786,738
Cores / threads10 / 1610 / 16
L3 cache24 MB24 MB

What the numbers mean

The CPU score is the processor's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the processor in, and leans heavily on the graphics card. A strong processor in a weak PC gets a low GAMING score without being worse. We show both and never mix them.

All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik

All measurements for 12th Gen Core i7-12650H · All measurements for 13th Gen Core i7-13620H