Intel Core i9-10900 vs Intel Core i9-13980HX

Core i9-10900 vs Core i9-13980HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-13980HX is faster than the Core i9-10900. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10900 has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i9-13980HX that has 5 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-13980HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13980HX. In terms of cache, the Core i9-13980HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10900. The Core i9-13980HX 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 i9-10900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.