Intel Core i9-12900KF vs Intel Core i9-13900

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 279.99
$ 270.00 significantly less expensive
$ 549.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12789 points
6% slightly better overall score
12032 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14030 points
1% slightly better gaming score
13860 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

12383 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
11498 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

12302 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
11396 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11666 points
15200 points
30% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

361.08 points
382.31 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14840 points
16732 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2507 points
2558 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14786 points
16375 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2584 points
2752 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
32
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
60% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
5.6 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
36 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

44th of 1,089
51st 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

2021 November
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Core i9-12900KF vs Core i9-13900 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12900KF is faster than the Core i9-13900. Despite this, the Core i9-13900 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900 has significantly more cores than the Core i9-12900KF. Indeed, the Core i9-13900 has 24 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core i9-12900KF. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900. Despite this, the Core i9-13900 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 i9-12900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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