Intel Core i9-13900K vs Intel Core i7-13700F

Core i9-13900K vs Core i7-13700F specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13900K beats the Core i7-13700F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13700F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900K has significantly more cores than the Core i7-13700F. Indeed, the Core i9-13900K has 24 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core i7-13700F. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13700F. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-13900K has a much higher clock speed than the Core i7-13700F. Also, the Core i9-13900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-13900K has more L2 cache than the Core i7-13700F. The Core i9-13900K also has slightly 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 i9-13900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.