Intel Core i5-8365U vs Intel Core i7-13650HX

Core i5-8365U vs Core i7-13650HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13650HX is faster than the Core i5-8365U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8365U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13650HX has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i5-8365U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8365U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-13650HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8365U. Also, the Core i7-13650HX has a slightly 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 i5-8365U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.