Core i7-12800HX vs Core i7-13800H specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12800HX beats the Core i7-13800H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-13800H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12800HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-13800H that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13800H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-13800H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800HX. Also, the Core i7-13800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13800H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-12800HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12800HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13800H.
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 i7-12800HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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