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

Core i5-13500 vs Core i5-13450HX benchmarks

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

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13500 has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i5-13450HX has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13450HX. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-13500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13450HX. Also, the Core i5-13500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13450HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-13500. Despite this, the Core i5-13500 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13450HX.

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 i5-13500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.