Intel Core i9-10900KF vs Intel Core i5-13500

Core i9-10900KF vs Core i5-13500 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13500 beats the Core i9-10900KF in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900KF in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13500 has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i9-10900KF that has 10 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10900KF has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13500. Also, the Core i9-10900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13500 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900KF. The Core i5-13500 also has slightly 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 i9-10900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.