Intel Core i9-12900KS vs Intel Core i9-13900

Core i9-12900KS vs Core i9-13900 benchmarks

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

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900 has significantly more cores than the Core i9-12900KS. Indeed, the Core i9-13900 has 24 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core i9-12900KS. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900KS. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-12900KS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13900. Despite this, the Core i9-13900 has a slightly higher turbo speed.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-12900KS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.