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

Core i9-12900HK vs Core i5-13500 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13500 performs better than the Core i9-12900HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900HK in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i9-12900HK and Core i5-13500 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-13500. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 i9-12900HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.