Intel Core i9-13900K vs Intel Core i5-13400F

Core i9-13900K vs Core i5-13400F comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-13900K performs better than the Core i5-13400F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13400F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13900K has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i5-13400F that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-13900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13400F. Also, the Core i9-13900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i9-13900K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13400F. The Core i9-13900K 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 i9-13900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.