Intel Core i5 14500HX vs i5 13500HX

We compared two 14-core laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5 14500HX against the 2.5 GHz i5 13500HX. 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
NanoReview Final Score
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 13500HX and 14500HX
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14500HX
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics 770 integrated graphics: 0.8 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)

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)
Cinebench Scores (123rd and 176th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
12542
File compression 1140 MB/sec 714 MB/sec
Clang compilation 112.8 Klines/sec 111.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 314.6 pages/sec 211.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 401.6 Mpixels/sec 293.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 234.9 pages/sec 242.3 pages/sec
Background blur 55.3 images/sec 54.3 images/sec
Photo processing 117.1 images/sec 73.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 24.6 Mpixels/sec 25.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 22 & 895 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 95.7 GOps/sec 96.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 69.5 GOps/sec 70.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 130M Primes/sec 95M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.2M Strings/sec 36.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 19.5 GBytes/sec 19.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 333.5 MBytes/sec 326.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1915 Frames/sec 1550 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 20B Matrices/sec 19.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 186 & 881 samples

Blender

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

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 20.3 PPW 16.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 228 PPW 201.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 518.6 PPW 498.1 PPW
Blender / Watt - 4.07 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 14500HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-15 (Taangent)Cinebench 2024112 / 1118
Intel Core i5 13500HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-06 (Exe_Red)Cinebench 2024110 / 1074
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-06 (Exe_Red)GeekBench2515 / 13904
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-10 (Sap)Cinebench 2024106 / 926
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-08 (Harsh Choudhary)Cinebench 202498 / 900

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 14500HX and i5 13500HX

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 9, 2024 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Raptor Lake
Model number i5-14500HX i5-13500HX
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 UHD Graphics (16EU)
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 5 7645HX
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX - Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX
Intel CPU rating (98th and 132nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 4.7 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 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 14
Total Threads 20 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 24MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W 157 W
Socket BGA-1964 BGA-1964
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (126th and 169th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics (16EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz 1500 MHz
Shading Units 256 128
TMUs 16 8
ROPs 8 4
Execution Units 32 16
TGP 15 W 6-15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.8 TFLOPS
0.4 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 14500HX official page Intel Core i5 13500HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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