Intel Core i5-13500 vs Intel Core i7-13650HX

Core i5-13500 vs Core i7-13650HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13650HX beats the Core i5-13500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-13500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-13650HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13500. Also, the Core i7-13650HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and 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 i5-13500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.