Intel Core i9-13900HX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235

Core i9-13900HX vs Core Ultra 5 235 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13900HX beats the Core Ultra 5 235 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 235 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900HX has significantly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 235. Indeed, the Core i9-13900HX has 24 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 235. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 235. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 235 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13900HX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-13900HX has slightly more L2 cache than the Core Ultra 5 235. The Core i9-13900HX also has significantly 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.