Intel Core i9-9900KF vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Core i9-9900KF vs Core i5-13420H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13420H is faster than the Core i9-9900KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900KF in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i9-9900KF has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9900KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Also, the Core i9-9900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-13420H 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 i5-13420H.

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