Intel Core i7-13850HX vs Intel Core i7-12650HX

Core i7-13850HX vs Core i7-12650HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13850HX beats the Core i7-12650HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-12650HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 i7-12650HX that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12650HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-13850HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12650HX. Also, the Core i7-13850HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-13850HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-12650HX. The Core i7-13850HX 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 i7-13850HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.