Intel Core i5-12600KF vs Intel Core i9-13900KS

Core i5-12600KF vs Core i9-13900KS comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-13900KS performs better than the Core i5-12600KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12600KF in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13900KS has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i5-12600KF that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600KF. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900KS. Despite this, the Core i9-13900KS has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i5-12600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.