Intel Core i9-11950H vs Intel Core i5-13500HX

Core i9-11950H vs Core i5-13500HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13500HX beats the Core i9-11950H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11950H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13500HX has significantly more cores than the Core i9-11950H. Indeed, the Core i5-13500HX has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-11950H. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11950H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-11950H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13500HX. Also, the Core i9-11950H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i9-11950H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.