Intel Core i7-13850HX vs Intel Core i7-12850HX

Core i7-13850HX vs Core i7-12850HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12850HX 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-13850HX has slightly more cores than the Core i7-12850HX. Indeed, the Core i7-13850HX has 20 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core i7-12850HX. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12850HX. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-13850HX and Core i7-12850HX are identical in this regard. 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 i7-12850HX. 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.