Intel Core i9-13900KF vs Intel Core i9-13900

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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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 551.08
$ 549.99
$ 1.09 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

17180 points
42% slightly better overall score
12032 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

16331 points
17% slightly better gaming score
13860 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

17547 points
52% significantly better multitasking score
11498 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

17852 points
56% significantly better heavy workload score
11396 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16391 points
7% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
15200 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

526.86 points
37% slightly higher Blender score
382.31 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19878 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
16732 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2946 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
2558 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19500 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
16375 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2919 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2752 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
Identical
24

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
Identical
32

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.8 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed
5.6 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

8th of 1,089
51st of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
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
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Core i9-13900KF vs Core i9-13900 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13900KF 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-13900KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900. Also, the Core i9-13900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache and 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 i9-13900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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