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

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 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
14832 points
43% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12063 points
14976 points
24% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9775 points
14778 points
51% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9667 points
14762 points
52% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

235.32 points
406.07 points
72% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
20
42% many more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
Identical
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5.2 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo 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
36 MiB
800% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
30 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

80th of 1,089
25th 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

-
No

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

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 255HX 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has many more cores than the Core i7-13650HX. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has 20 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i7-13650HX. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-13650HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 255HX. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-13650HX. The Core Ultra 7 255HX also has slightly 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.

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