Intel Core i7-13700HX vs Intel Core i5-13500HX

Core i7-13700HX vs Core i5-13500HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-13700HX performs better than the Core i5-13500HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13500HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13700HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-13500HX that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13500HX. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-13500HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13700HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13700HX has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13500HX. The Core i7-13700HX 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 i7-13700HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.