Intel Core i5-13500HX vs Intel Core i5-12600HX

Core i5-13500HX vs Core i5-12600HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12600HX performs better than the Core i5-13500HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13500HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13500HX has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i5-12600HX that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600HX. In terms of clock speed, the Core i5-13500HX and Core i5-12600HX are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i5-13500HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13500HX has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i5-12600HX. The Core i5-13500HX 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 i5-13500HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.