Intel Core i9-10850K vs Intel Core i5-13400F

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 10 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 399.00
$ 142.82
$ 256.18 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8580 points
1% slightly better overall score
8423 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9432 points
10881 points
15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8275 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
7653 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8174 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
7469 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8802 points
19% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7348 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

227.80 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
197.47 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

15538 points
15911 points
2% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9021 points
10863 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1758 points
2293 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
Identical
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
44% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly 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
Identical
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
25% slightly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
Identical
20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

122nd of 1,089
129th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 August
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i9-10850K vs Core i5-13400F comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10850K is faster than the Core i5-13400F. Despite this, the Core i5-13400F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i9-10850K has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10850K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13400F. Also, the Core i9-10850K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-10850K has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i5-13400F. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 i9-10850K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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