Intel Core i9-13950HX vs Intel Core i7-12800HX

Core i9-13950HX vs Core i7-12800HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12800HX is faster than the Core i9-13950HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13950HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13950HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i7-12800HX that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12800HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-13950HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800HX. Also, the Core i9-13950HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i9-13950HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-12800HX. The Core i9-13950HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-13950HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.