Intel Core i5-13600KF vs Intel Core i9-13900HX

Core i5-13600KF vs Core i9-13900HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-13900HX is faster than the Core i5-13600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-13600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900HX has significantly more cores than the Core i5-13600KF. Indeed, the Core i9-13900HX has 24 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i5-13600KF. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13600KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-13600KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i9-13900HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13600KF. The Core i9-13900HX 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 i5-13600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.