Intel Core i7-13650HX vs Intel Core i3-13100

Core i7-13650HX vs Core i3-13100 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13650HX is faster than the Core i3-13100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-13100 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 i3-13100 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-13100. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-13100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13650HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i3-13100 has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-13650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13650HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-13100.

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 i7-13650HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.