Intel Core i9-11900K vs Intel Core i5-13500

Core i9-11900K vs Core i5-13500 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13500 performs better than the Core i9-11900K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11900K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13500 has significantly more cores than the Core i9-11900K. Indeed, the Core i5-13500 has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-11900K. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11900K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-11900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13500. Also, the Core i9-11900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Core i5-13500 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i9-11900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.