Intel Core i5-11600KF vs Intel Core i9-13900H

Core i5-11600KF vs Core i9-13900H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-11600KF beats the Core i9-13900H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13900H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-11600KF. Indeed, the Core i9-13900H has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11600KF. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600KF. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-11600KF has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13900H. Despite this, the Core i9-13900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-13900H has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i5-11600KF. The Core i9-13900H also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-11600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.