Intel Core i7-14700K vs Intel Core i7-13850HX

Core i7-14700K vs Core i7-13850HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-14700K 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.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-14700K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13850HX. Also, the Core i7-14700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-14700K 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 i7-14700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.