Intel Core i7-13700 vs Intel Core i9-13900HX

Core i7-13700 vs Core i9-13900HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13700 beats the Core i9-13900HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13900HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900HX has significantly more cores than the Core i7-13700. Indeed, the Core i9-13900HX has 24 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core i7-13700. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13700. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-13900HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700. Also, the Core i9-13900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i9-13900HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-13700. The Core i9-13900HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i7-13700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.