Question Should I get the 13400F or the 7500F ?

[wellallnasib]

Hello, I am trying to decide between 13400F and 7500F for my new PC. They both have same platform cost with MSI B660m-A PRO and MSI B650m-A PRO with DDR5.
Things I mainly use my computer for is playing games, recording with OBS and editing and exporting with Davinci Resolve. Note that I am not one of those guys who buy a new chip for old motherboard, meaning the upgradability of AM+ does not come to my consideration.

Now I have seen benchmarks where 7500F wins in gaming but looses in productivity.
So my questions are.

1. What does this productivity mean ? Does it mean that those extra cores from intel reduce the render time significantly in software like Davinci Resolove ? or GPU is the only thing that matters when using hardware acceleration.

2. Is it safe to get a 13th gen CPU yet or they are still have stability issues ?

 

[Nine Layer Nige]

In the UK the 13th gen i5-13400F (10 cores, 16 thread) is £169 and the 12th gen i7-12700KF (12 cores, 20 threads) is £172 from Overclockers.
I just bought the 12th gen i7 over the 13th or 14th gen due to the bad press and impact on the resale value should I sell it second hand as any 13th,14th gen will have a question mark hovering over it if its been damaged by a previous owner. Hope that helps.

 

[wellallnasib]

In the UK the 13th gen i5-13400F (10 cores, 16 thread) is £169 and the 12th gen i7-12700KF (12 cores, 20 threads) is £172 from Overclockers.

In my country Intel or AMD does not directly sell products so price of previous gen products barely go down. I just google all online retailers for 12700K and it costs around $80 more and then I will be needing a Z board which is also expensive in my country even the bad ones. But reselling part is valuable information.

My question still remains: Does CPU matter when encoding video with Davinci Resolve, or is GPU the only thing that matters?