Intel Core i7-13650HX vs Intel Core i9-14900KF

Core i7-13650HX vs Core i9-14900KF comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-14900KF beats the Core i7-13650HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13650HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-14900KF has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i7-13650HX that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13650HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-14900KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13650HX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-14900KF has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-13650HX. The Core i9-14900KF also has significantly 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 i7-13650HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.