Intel Core i9-10900X vs Intel Core i5-13450HX

Core i9-10900X vs Core i5-13450HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13450HX beats the Core i9-10900X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i9-10900X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13450HX. Despite this, the Core i5-13450HX has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i9-10900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.