Intel Core i9-10900KF vs Intel Core i7-13650HX

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 10 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i7 14 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

8768 points
10310 points
17% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9745 points
12063 points
23% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8418 points
9775 points
16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8304 points
9667 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8953 points
8971 points
0.20% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

226.11 points
235.32 points
4% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
14
40% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
Identical
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
42% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 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
4 MiB
60% 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

117th of 1,089
80th 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 May
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 i9-10900KF vs Core i7-13650HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10900KF is faster than the Core i7-13650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13650HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-13650HX has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i9-10900KF has 10 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13650HX. Also, the Core i9-10900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13650HX has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900KF. The Core i7-13650HX also has slightly more 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 i9-10900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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