Intel Core i9-12900H vs Intel Core i9-13900H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 14 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i9 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
15% slightly better overall score
7077 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10256 points
13% slightly better gaming score
9022 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7544 points
15% slightly better multitasking score
6522 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7441 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score
6425 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7534 points
8124 points
7% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.04 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
200.38 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

19648 points
20385 points
3% slightly higher Cinebench R23 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
2.6 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5.4 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
Identical
28

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

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
187th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
13th Generation Core i9

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
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-12900H vs Core i9-13900H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900H beats the Core i9-13900H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13900H in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-13900H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900H. Also, the Core i9-13900H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-12900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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