Intel Core i7-10700F vs Intel Core i9-13900H

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i9 14 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

6380 points
7077 points
10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8207 points
9022 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5766 points
6522 points
13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5592 points
6425 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6906 points
8124 points
17% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

161.44 points
200.38 points
24% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5.4 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
28
75% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
4 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

228th of 1,089
187th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
13th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-10700F vs Core i9-13900H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10700F 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 i7-10700F. Indeed, the Core i9-13900H has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-10700F. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10700F. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10700F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to 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 significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700F. 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 i7-10700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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