Intel Core i9-9900 vs Intel Core i5-13500H

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 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

6105 points
6478 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7952 points
8783 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5494 points
5800 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5338 points
5655 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9955 points
54% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
6443 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

148.10 points
166.36 points
12% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
19% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
28
75% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
9 MiB
350% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

246th of 1,089
222nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 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

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-9900 vs Core i5-13500H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13500H is faster than the Core i9-9900. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13500H has significantly more cores than the Core i9-9900. Indeed, the Core i5-13500H has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-9900. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9900 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13500H. Also, the Core i9-9900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13500H has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900. The Core i5-13500H also has slightly more 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 i9-9900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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