Intel Core i7-13800H vs Intel Core i7-12850HX

Core i7-13800H vs Core i7-12850HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13800H beats the Core i7-12850HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12850HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12850HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-13800H that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13800H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-13800H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12850HX. Also, the Core i7-13800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-12850HX has more L2 cache than the Core i7-13800H. The Core i7-12850HX 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 i7-13800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.