Intel Core i5-12600KF vs Intel Core i7-13650HX

Core i5-12600KF vs Core i7-13650HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600KF is faster than the Core i7-13650HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13650HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-13650HX has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12600KF. Indeed, the Core i7-13650HX has 14 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-12600KF. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600KF. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13650HX. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-12600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.