Intel Core i5-12500H vs Intel Core i9-13900KF

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6875 points
17180 points
149% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9088 points
16331 points
79% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6235 points
17547 points
181% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6100 points
17852 points
192% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6198 points
16391 points
164% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.52 points
526.86 points
252% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
24
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
32
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
5.8 GHz
28% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
177% significantly lower TDP
125 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
40% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

960 KiB
1920 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

5 MiB
32 MiB
540% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
36 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

201st of 1,089
8th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
13th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2022 October

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i5-12500H vs Core i9-13900KF benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-13900KF is faster than the Core i5-12500H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12500H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900KF has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12500H. Indeed, the Core i9-13900KF has 24 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i5-12500H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-13900KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12500H. Also, the Core i9-13900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-12500H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-13900KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-13900KF has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-12500H. The Core i9-13900KF also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-12500H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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