Intel Core i7-13850HX vs Intel Core Ultra 7 165H

Core i7-13850HX vs Core Ultra 7 165H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 165H 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 Ultra 7 165H. Indeed, the Core i7-13850HX has 20 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core Ultra 7 165H. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 165H. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-13850HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 165H. In terms of cache, the Core i7-13850HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core Ultra 7 165H. 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.