Intel Core i9-10900X vs Intel Core i7-13700K

Core i9-10900X vs Core i7-13700K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13700K is faster than the Core i9-10900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-13700K has significantly more cores than the Core i9-10900X. Indeed, the Core i7-13700K has 16 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i9-10900X. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10900X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700K. Despite this, the Core i7-13700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-13700K outputs less heat than Core i9-10900X thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i9-10900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.