Intel Core i9-10900F vs Intel Core i5-13450HX

Core i9-10900F vs Core i5-13450HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13450HX beats the Core i9-10900F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i9-10900F has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13450HX. Also, the Core i9-10900F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13450HX has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900F. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 i9-10900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.