Intel Core i9-10900X vs Intel Core i9-13900H

Core i9-10900X vs Core i9-13900H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13900H 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13900H has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i9-10900X that has 10 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900H. Despite this, the Core i9-13900H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.