Intel Core i9-13900K vs Intel Core i9-13900KS

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

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Intel Core i9-13900KS

Price

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$ 548.09

$ 40.90 slightly less expensive

$ 588.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

16350 points

17026 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15858 points

16296 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16597 points

17346 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16857 points

17634 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16398 points

16728 points

2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

522.08 points

524.43 points

0.45% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19777 points

21343 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2939 points

3073 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19967 points

21389 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2985 points

3124 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

3.2 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.7 GHz

6 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

32 MiB

Identical

32 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB

Identical

36 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

13th of 1,089

9th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 October

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i9-13900K vs Core i9-13900KS benchmarks

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

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-13900KS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900K. Also, the Core i9-13900KS has a slightly higher turbo speed. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-13900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.