Intel Core i9-13900H vs Intel Core i5-12450HX

Core i9-13900H vs Core i5-12450HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12450HX performs better than the Core i9-13900H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13900H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-13900H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i5-12450HX has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12450HX. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-13900H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450HX. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-12450HX has more L2 cache than the Core i9-13900H. Despite this, the Core i9-13900H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12450HX.

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 i9-13900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.