Intel Core i9-9900KF vs Intel Core i3-13100

Core i9-9900KF vs Core i3-13100 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-9900KF beats the Core i3-13100 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-13100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-9900KF has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i3-13100 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-13100. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9900KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-13100. Also, the Core i9-9900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i3-13100 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-9900KF. Despite this, the Core i9-9900KF has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-13100.

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 i9-9900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.