Intel Core i7-13850HX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Core i7-13850HX vs Core Ultra 5 225 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 225 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 Ultra 5 225 that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 225 has a significantly 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 slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core Ultra 5 225. The Core i7-13850HX also has significantly 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.