Intel Core i7-13850HX vs Intel Core i9-12950HX

Core i7-13850HX vs Core i9-12950HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-13850HX performs better than the Core i9-12950HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12950HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-13850HX has slightly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Core i9-12950HX has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12950HX. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-12950HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13850HX. Despite this, 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 i9-12950HX. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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.