Intel Core i9-13900HX vs Intel Core i7-13850HX

Core i9-13900HX vs Core i7-13850HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13900HX beats the Core i7-13850HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13850HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900HX has slightly more cores than the Core i7-13850HX. Indeed, the Core i9-13900HX has 24 cores compared to 20 cores found in the Core i7-13850HX. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13850HX. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-13900HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13850HX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-13900HX has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i7-13850HX. The Core i9-13900HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

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