Intel Core i9-9820X vs Intel Core i5-13500H

Core i9-9820X vs Core i5-13500H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-9820X performs better than the Core i5-13500H. Despite this, the Core i5-13500H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13500H has slightly more cores than the Core i9-9820X. Indeed, the Core i5-13500H has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i9-9820X. Despite this, the Core i9-9820X has more threads than the Core i5-13500H. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9820X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to 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 i9-9820X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.