Intel Core i9-13900KF vs Intel Core i9-13950HX

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

17180 points
87% significantly better overall score
9156 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

16331 points
64% significantly better gaming score
9937 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

17547 points
94% significantly better multitasking score
9021 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

17852 points
95% significantly better heavy workload score
9146 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16391 points
31% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
12485 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

526.86 points
58% significantly higher Blender score
331.39 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
36% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.8 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
5.5 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
100% significantly more L2 cache
16 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
109th 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 i9-13950HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-13900KF is faster than the Core i9-13950HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13950HX in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-13900KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13950HX. Also, the Core i9-13900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i9-13900KF has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-13950HX. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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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