Intel Core i9-9900K vs Intel Core i9-13900H

Core i9-9900K vs Core i9-13900H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-9900K beats the Core i9-13900H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i9-13900H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900H has significantly more cores than the Core i9-9900K. Indeed, the Core i9-13900H has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-9900K. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9900K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900H. Despite this, the Core i9-13900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-13900H has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900K. The Core i9-13900H also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-9900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.