Intel Core i9-10850K vs Intel Core i7-13850HX

Core i9-10850K vs Core i7-13850HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13850HX 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13850HX has significantly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Core i9-10850K that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10850K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10850K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13850HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13850HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13850HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-10850K. The Core i7-13850HX 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 i9-10850K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.