Intel Core i5-13500HX vs Intel Core 5 120U

Core i5-13500HX vs Core 5 120U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13500HX performs better than the Core 5 120U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 5 120U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13500HX has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core 5 120U has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core 5 120U. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-13500HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 120U. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13500HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core 5 120U. The Core i5-13500HX 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 i5-13500HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.