Intel Core i7-11800H vs Intel Core i5-13500HX

Core i7-11800H vs Core i5-13500HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11800H performs better than the Core i5-13500HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13500HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13500HX has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i7-11800H that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11800H. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-13500HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11800H.

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 i7-11800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.