Intel Core i9-13900HX vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX

Core i9-13900HX vs Core Ultra 7 255HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 255HX is faster than the Core i9-13900HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13900HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-13900HX has slightly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core Ultra 7 255HX has 20 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 255HX. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 7 255HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i9-13900HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13900HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 255HX.

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.