Intel Core i5-13600KF vs Intel Core i9-14900HX

Core i5-13600KF vs Core i9-14900HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-14900HX beats the Core i5-13600KF in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-13600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-14900HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i5-13600KF that has 14 cores. 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 i9-14900HX. In terms of cache, the Core i9-14900HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13600KF. The Core i9-14900HX 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.