Intel Core i9-12900H vs Intel Core i5-13500

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 14 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 14 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
9936 points
21% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10256 points
12084 points
17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7544 points
9267 points
22% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7441 points
9125 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7534 points
9089 points
20% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.04 points
255.79 points
22% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
Identical
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
Identical
20

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
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
40% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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
Identical
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

142nd of 1,089
93rd 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
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i9-12900H vs Core i5-13500 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13500 is faster than the Core i9-12900H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900H in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i9-12900H and Core i5-13500 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.

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