Intel Core i9-13900 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 245K

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 549.99
$ 229.68
$ 320.31 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12032 points
12643 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13860 points
14524 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11498 points
11994 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11396 points
11755 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

15200 points
22% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
12436 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

382.31 points
19% slightly higher Blender score
321.20 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
71% significantly more cores
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
128% significantly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
4.2 GHz
110% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed
5.2 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
24
20% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
192 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

32 MiB
23% slightly more L2 cache
26 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

51st of 1,089
46th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-6400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Core i9-13900 vs Core Ultra 5 245K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 245K 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 Ultra 5 245K. Indeed, the Core i9-13900 has 24 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 245K. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 245K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 245K 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 info from our database shows that the Core i9-13900 has more L2 cache than the Core Ultra 5 245K. The Core i9-13900 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-13900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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