Intel Core i7-8650U vs Intel Core i9-13900HX

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2006 points
11230 points
459% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3386 points
11803 points
248% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1610 points
11141 points
591% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1539 points
11262 points
631% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.01 points
346.75 points
670% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
24
499% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
32
300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.9 GHz
2.2 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
5.4 GHz
28% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

12
20
66% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
128 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
32 MiB
3100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
36 MiB
350% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

715th of 1,089
64th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
13th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-8650U vs Core i9-13900HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-13900HX is faster than the Core i7-8650U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8650U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900HX has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8650U. Indeed, the Core i9-13900HX has 24 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-8650U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8650U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-13900HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8650U. Also, the Core i9-13900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-13900HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8650U. The Core i9-13900HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-8650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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