Intel Core i5-3230M vs Intel Core i7-13650HX

Core i5-3230M vs Core i7-13650HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13650HX is faster than the Core i5-3230M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3230M in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-13650HX has significantly more cores than the Core i5-3230M. Indeed, the Core i7-13650HX has 14 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-3230M. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3230M. According to our data, the Core i5-3230M and Core i7-13650HX have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-13650HX has a significantly higher turbo speed.

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 i5-3230M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.