Intel Core i9-11900H vs Intel Core i3-13100

Core i9-11900H vs Core i3-13100 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-13100 beats the Core i9-11900H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11900H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-11900H has significantly more cores than the Core i3-13100. Indeed, the Core i9-11900H has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-13100. It also has more threads than the Core i3-13100. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-13100 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-11900H. Despite this, the Core i9-11900H 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 i9-11900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.