Intel Core i5-13400 vs Intel Core i9-12950HX

Core i5-13400 vs Core i9-12950HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12950HX is faster than the Core i5-13400. Despite this, the Core i5-13400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12950HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-13400 that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-13400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12950HX. Despite this, the Core i9-12950HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i9-12950HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13400. The Core i9-12950HX 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 i5-13400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.