Core i9-13950HX vs Core i5-13400 comparison
In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13950HX beats the Core i5-13400 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-13400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13950HX has significantly more cores than the Core i5-13400. Indeed, the Core i9-13950HX has 24 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-13400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-13400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13950HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13950HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-13950HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-13400. The Core i9-13950HX 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 i9-13950HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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