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

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

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

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900K has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-13500 that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13500. Also, the Core i9-12900K 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 i9-12900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.