Intel Core i7-13850HX vs Intel Core i5-12450HX

Core i7-13850HX vs Core i5-12450HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12450HX performs better than the Core i7-13850HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13850HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13850HX has significantly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Core i5-12450HX that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12450HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12450HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13850HX. In terms of cache, the Core i7-13850HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-12450HX. The Core i7-13850HX also has significantly 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 i7-13850HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.