Intel Core i5 13500H vs Core 7 250H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5 13500H with 12-cores against the 2.5 GHz Core 7 250H with 14-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 250H and 13500H
Advantages of Intel Core 7 250H
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) integrated graphics: 2.4 vs 1.9 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 15% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
  • 12% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2746 vs 2451 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
1113
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 570 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3478 -
Cinebench Scores (#127th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2746
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
14357
File compression 1040 MB/sec 1220 MB/sec
Clang compilation 80.4 Klines/sec 104.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 277.6 pages/sec 353.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 349.1 Mpixels/sec 408.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 245.9 pages/sec 246.5 pages/sec
Background blur 47.8 images/sec 54.4 images/sec
Photo processing 101.9 images/sec 133.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.7 Mpixels/sec 22.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 501 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
4109
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
27165
Integer math 71.4 GOps/sec 99.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 51.1 GOps/sec 66.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 73M Primes/sec 104M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 27.5M Strings/sec 34.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.6 GBytes/sec 18.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 248.2 MBytes/sec 307.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1257 Frames/sec 1784 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.5B Matrices/sec 17.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1766 & 11 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
200.73

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.6 PPW 24.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 250 PPW 319 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 464.6 PPW 603.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.79 PPW 4.46 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 13500H
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-08 (jhu)Cinebench 2026570 / 3478
๐Ÿ“˜ 2023-11-26 (SAIMON)Cinebench 202458 / 615
Intel Core 7 250H
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13500H and Core 7 250H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 3, 2023 December 18, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Raptor Lake
Model number i5-13500H 250H
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H -
Intel CPU rating (140th and 71st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 8
E-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.9 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 14
Total Threads 16 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 26x 25x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W 115 W
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (183rd and 81st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 1550 MHz
Shading Units 640 768
TMUs 40 48
ROPs 20 24
Execution Units 80 96
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.9 TFLOPS
2.4 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR5-6400
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 13500H official page Intel Core 7 250H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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