Intel Core i9-9900KF vs Intel Core i7-13620H

Core i9-9900KF vs Core i7-13620H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13620H beats the Core i9-9900KF in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i9-9900KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-13620H has slightly more cores than the Core i9-9900KF. Indeed, the Core i7-13620H has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-9900KF. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9900KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13620H. Also, the Core i9-9900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-13620H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-9900KF. The Core i7-13620H 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 i9-9900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.