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

Core i9-12900KS vs Core i9-13900F comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900KS performs better than the Core i9-13900F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13900F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13900F has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i9-12900KS that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900KS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900KS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900F. Despite this, the Core i9-13900F 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 i9-12900KS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.