Intel Core i7-9800X vs Intel Core i9-13900H

Core i7-9800X vs Core i9-13900H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13900H beats the Core i7-9800X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9800X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13900H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i7-9800X that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-9800X. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900H. Despite this, the Core i9-13900H 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 i7-9800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.