Intel Core i7-13650HX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10310 points
10867 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12063 points
13656 points
13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9775 points
9935 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9667 points
0.04% slightly better heavy workload score
9663 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

235.32 points
304.58 points
29% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
Identical
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
42% many more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
3.4 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
24
20% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
256 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
26 MiB
550% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
Identical
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

80th of 1,089
71st of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-6400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Core i7-13650HX vs Core Ultra 5 235 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 235 is faster than the Core i7-13650HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13650HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-13650HX has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 235 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13650HX. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 235 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-13650HX. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-13650HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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