Intel Core i5-13450HX vs Intel Core i5-13500H

Core i5-13450HX vs Core i5-13500H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13450HX performs better than the Core i5-13500H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13500H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13500H has slightly more cores than the Core i5-13450HX. Indeed, the Core i5-13500H has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-13450HX. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-13500H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13450HX. Also, the Core i5-13500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-13450HX has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13500H. The Core i5-13450HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i5-13450HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.