Intel Core i9-10850K vs Intel Core i7-13620H

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

8580 points
11% slightly better overall score
7691 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9432 points
10139 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8275 points
19% slightly better multitasking score
6947 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8174 points
20% slightly better heavy workload score
6776 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8802 points
23% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7150 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

227.80 points
32% slightly higher Blender score
172.32 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

15538 points
0.27% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
15496 points

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
49% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

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

2.5 MiB
9.5 MiB
280% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
24 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

122nd of 1,089
159th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
13th Generation Core i7

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
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-10850K vs Core i7-13620H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13620H beats the Core i9-10850K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10850K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i9-10850K has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10850K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13620H. Also, the Core i9-10850K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13620H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-10850K. The Core i7-13620H also has slightly 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 i9-10850K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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