Intel Core i9-11900KF vs Intel Core i5-13500HX

Core i9-11900KF vs Core i5-13500HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-11900KF beats the Core i5-13500HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13500HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13500HX has significantly more cores than the Core i9-11900KF. Indeed, the Core i5-13500HX has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-11900KF. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11900KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-11900KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13500HX. Also, the Core i9-11900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13500HX has more L2 cache than the Core i9-11900KF. The Core i5-13500HX 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 i9-11900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.