Intel Core i9-12900T vs Intel Core i5-13400F

Core i9-12900T vs Core i5-13400F specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13400F is faster than the Core i9-12900T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900T has significantly more cores than the Core i5-13400F. Indeed, the Core i9-12900T has 16 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-13400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13400F. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-13400F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-12900T has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13400F. The Core i9-12900T also has significantly more L3 cache.

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