Intel Core i7-13700HX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Core i7-13700HX vs Core Ultra 5 225 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13700HX beats the Core Ultra 5 225 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13700HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core Ultra 5 225 that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 225 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13700HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 225 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-13700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13700HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225.

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