Intel Core i7-13650HX vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255H

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 16 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
269% significantly better overall score
2788 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12063 points
248% significantly better gaming score
3457 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9775 points
278% significantly better multitasking score
2584 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9667 points
283% significantly better heavy workload score
2521 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

235.32 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
212.94 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
16
14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5.1 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% 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
Identical
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
28 MiB
599% 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
572nd 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
DDR5-8400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Core i7-13650HX vs Core Ultra 7 255H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13650HX is faster than the Core Ultra 7 255H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 255H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 255H has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i7-13650HX has 14 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-13650HX has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 255H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-13650HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 255H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 255H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 255H has more L2 cache than the Core i7-13650HX. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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.

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