Intel Core i5-13600HX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225H

Core i5-13600HX vs Core Ultra 5 225H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 225H beats the Core i5-13600HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13600HX in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-13600HX has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-13600HX has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 225H has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13600HX. Despite this, the Core i5-13600HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H.

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 i5-13600HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.