Intel Core i9-12900H vs Intel Core i5-13400

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 14 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8158 points

8550 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10256 points

11151 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7544 points

7733 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7441 points

7540 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7534 points

2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

7345 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.04 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

196.62 points

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

19648 points

23% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

15953 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

40% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

Identical

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

4.6 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

128 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB

20% slightly more L3 cache

20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

142nd of 1,089

123rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9

13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-12900H vs Core i5-13400 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12900H is faster than the Core i5-13400. Despite this, the Core i5-13400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900H has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i5-13400 that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13400. In terms of clock speed, the Core i9-12900H and Core i5-13400 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i9-12900H 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 i9-12900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.