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Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX vs i5 13450HX

69 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX
VS
50 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13450HX
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX
Intel Core i5 13450HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX with 14-cores against the 2.4 GHz i5 13450HX with 10-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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 13450HX and 235HX
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) integrated graphics: 1.4 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Around 25.6 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 16% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2652 vs 2289 points
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 235HX
vs
Core i5 13450HX

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 540
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3145
Cinebench Scores (#72nd place)
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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)
File compression 992.5 MB/sec 943.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 140 Klines/sec 76.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 249.5 pages/sec 238.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 337.7 Mpixels/sec 310.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 328.3 pages/sec 236 pages/sec
Background blur 70.8 images/sec 49.8 images/sec
Photo processing 78.8 images/sec 98.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 28.9 Mpixels/sec 19.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 328 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 97.3 GOps/sec 82.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 129.8 GOps/sec 61.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 366M Primes/sec 80M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 50.8M Strings/sec 31.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 32.7 GBytes/sec 16.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 426.6 MBytes/sec 297.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 2582 Frames/sec 1417 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 34.7B Matrices/sec 18.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21 & 1675 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 27.1 PPW 13.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 263.6 PPW 197.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 743.6 PPW 444.4 PPW
Blender / Watt - 3.35 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
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Intel Core i5 13450HX
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πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (lasu)Cinebench 2026572 / 4048
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-29 (lasu)Cinebench 2026572 / 4048
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-08 -> brbr446Cinebench 2026540 / 3145
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 (shisir)Cinebench 2024104 / 839
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-13 (Raju)Cinebench 2026524 / 3223
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX and i5 13450HX

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 6, 2025 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Raptor Lake
Model number 235HX i5-13450HX
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) UHD Graphics (16EU)
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 5 7645HX
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX
Intel CPU rating (44th and 153rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 6 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.9 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 4.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (E) 2.6 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.5 GHz 3.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 10
Total Threads 14 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 29x 24x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 20MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 160 W 157 W
Socket FCBGA-2114 BGA-1964
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (56th and 200th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) Intel UHD Graphics (16EU)
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1800 MHz 1450 MHz
Shading Units 384 128
TMUs 24 8
ROPs 12 4
Execution Units 48 16
TGP 15 W 6-15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 235HX +250%
1.4 TFLOPS
Core i5 13450HX
0.4 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics (16 EU) compared to Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX official page Intel Core i5 13450HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 20

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Comments

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