Intel Core i7-11700 vs Intel Core i5-13450HX

Core i7-11700 vs Core i5-13450HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-11700 is faster than the Core i5-13450HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13450HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13450HX has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i7-11700 that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-11700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13450HX. Also, the Core i7-11700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-13450HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-11700. The Core i5-13450HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i7-11700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.