Intel Core i7-7820X vs Intel Core i5-13450HX

Core i7-7820X vs Core i5-13450HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13450HX beats the Core i7-7820X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7820X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13450HX has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-7820X has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7820X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13450HX. Despite this, the Core i5-13450HX has a slightly higher turbo speed.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-7820X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.