Intel Core i5-12500H vs Intel Core i9-13900HX

Core i5-12500H vs Core i9-13900HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-13900HX performs better than the Core i5-12500H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12500H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13900HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i5-12500H that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12500H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13900HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-13900HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-12500H. The Core i9-13900HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-12500H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.