Intel Core i5-6200U vs Intel Core i5-13450HX

Core i5-6200U vs Core i5-13450HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13450HX beats the Core i5-6200U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6200U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13450HX has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i5-6200U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6200U. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-13450HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6200U. Also, the Core i5-13450HX has a significantly higher turbo speed.

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 i5-6200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.