Intel Core i7-9800X vs Intel Core i5-13500H

Core i7-9800X vs Core i5-13500H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-9800X is faster than the Core i5-13500H. Despite this, the Core i5-13500H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13500H has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i7-9800X that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-9800X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13500H. Despite this, the Core i5-13500H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-9800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.