Intel Core i9-7900X vs Intel Core i5-13500H

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 12 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

7006 points

8% slightly better overall score

6478 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7653 points

8783 points

14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

5800 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6719 points

18% slightly better heavy workload score

5655 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6987 points

8% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6443 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.19 points

25% slightly higher Blender score

166.36 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

26% slightly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4.7 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

57% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

64 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

14 MiB

18 MiB

28% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

193rd of 1,089

222nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-7900X vs Core i5-13500H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-7900X beats the Core i5-13500H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-13500H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13500H has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i9-7900X has 10 cores. Despite this, the Core i9-7900X has more threads than the Core i5-13500H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-7900X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13500H. Despite this, the Core i5-13500H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i9-7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.