Intel Core i9-10900X vs Intel Core i7-13800H

Core i9-10900X vs Core i7-13800H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13800H beats the Core i9-10900X in overall performance. 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 i7-13800H has slightly more cores than the Core i9-10900X. Indeed, the Core i7-13800H has 14 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i9-10900X. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13800H. Despite this, the Core i7-13800H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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