Intel Core i3-13100 vs Intel Core i9-14900

Core i3-13100 vs Core i9-14900 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-14900 performs better than the Core i3-13100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-13100 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-14900 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-13100. Indeed, the Core i9-14900 has 24 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-13100. It also has more threads than the Core i3-13100. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-13100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900. Despite this, the Core i9-14900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-14900 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-13100. The Core i9-14900 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-13100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.