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

Core i7-13850HX vs Core Ultra 5 225H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-13850HX performs better than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225H 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 Ultra 5 225H that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-13850HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H. Also, the Core i7-13850HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13850HX has slightly more L2 cache than the Core Ultra 5 225H. 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.