Intel Core i7-13850HX vs Intel Core 7 240H

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 20 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 2) 10 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

8904 points
6% slightly better overall score
8392 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10350 points
11118 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8534 points
12% slightly better multitasking score
7561 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8540 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score
7384 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

288.81 points
53% significantly higher Blender score
188.37 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20
100% significantly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
75% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
2.5 GHz
19% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed
5.2 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% 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
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

28 MiB
194% significantly more L2 cache
9.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

120th of 1,124
140th of 1,124

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7
Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-5600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i7-13850HX vs Core 7 240H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13850HX is faster than the Core 7 240H. Despite this, the Core 7 240H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-13850HX has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Core 7 240H has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core 7 240H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 7 240H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13850HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13850HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13850HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core 7 240H. The Core i7-13850HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-13850HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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