Intel Core i5-13600KF vs Intel Core i7-13850HX

Core i5-13600KF vs Core i7-13850HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13600KF performs better than the Core i7-13850HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13850HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-13850HX has many more cores than the Core i5-13600KF. Indeed, the Core i7-13850HX has 20 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i5-13600KF. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13600KF. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-13600KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13850HX. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13850HX has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13600KF. The Core i7-13850HX 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 i5-13600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.