Intel Core i9-13900H vs Intel Core i5-13500H

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 14 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7077 points
9% slightly better overall score
6478 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9022 points
2% slightly better gaming score
8783 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6522 points
12% slightly better multitasking score
5800 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6425 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
5655 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8124 points
26% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6443 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

200.38 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
166.36 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

20385 points
24% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
16335 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
16% slightly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
Identical
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
Identical
28

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
9 MiB
125% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

187th of 1,089
222nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5-5200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-13900H vs Core i5-13500H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13500H beats the Core i9-13900H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13900H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900H has slightly more cores than the Core i5-13500H. Indeed, the Core i9-13900H has 14 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i5-13500H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13500H. Both the Core i9-13900H and Core i5-13500H have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i9-13900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13500H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-13900H. Despite this, the Core i9-13900H has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13500H.

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 i9-13900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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