Intel Core i7-13850HX vs Intel Core i5-13500T

Core i7-13850HX vs Core i5-13500T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13500T beats the Core i7-13850HX in overall performance. 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 many more cores with 20 cores compared to the Core i5-13500T that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13500T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-13850HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13500T. Also, the Core i7-13850HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13850HX has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13500T. The Core i7-13850HX 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 i7-13850HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.