Intel Core i9-10850K vs Intel Core i7-13650HX

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 10 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i7 14 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

8580 points
10310 points
20% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9432 points
12063 points
27% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8275 points
9775 points
18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8174 points
9667 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8802 points
8971 points
1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

227.80 points
235.32 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

15538 points
21006 points
35% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
14
40% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
Identical
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
4 MiB
60% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
24 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

122nd of 1,089
80th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
13th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 August
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i9-10850K vs Core i7-13650HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13650HX beats the Core i9-10850K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10850K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-13650HX has slightly more cores than the Core i9-10850K. Indeed, the Core i7-13650HX has 14 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i9-10850K. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10850K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13650HX. Also, the Core i9-10850K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13650HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-10850K. The Core i7-13650HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-10850K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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