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Intel Core i9 10900K vs i7 13700K

43 out of 100
Intel Core i9 10900K
VS
75 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13700K
Intel Core i9 10900K
Intel Core i7 13700K

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz Intel Core i9 10900K with 10-cores against the 3.4 GHz i7 13700K with 16-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
8.1
(Bad)
Value Index
37.3
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 13700K and 10900K
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700K
  • Around 43.8 GB/s (96%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • 73% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2941 vs 1704 points
  • Newer - released 2 years and 5 months later
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics 770 integrated graphics: 0.8 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 10 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 10 versus 14 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 10900K
vs
Core i7 13700K

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 659
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 6859
Cinebench Scores (#66th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 10900K
9362
Core i7 13700K +116%
20193
File compression 653.7 MB/sec 1770 MB/sec
Clang compilation 85.1 Klines/sec 167.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 187.3 pages/sec 528.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 311.4 Mpixels/sec 560.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 169 pages/sec 288 pages/sec
Background blur 44.5 images/sec 81 images/sec
Photo processing 71.6 images/sec 187.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.2 Mpixels/sec 37.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 901 & 817 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 10900K
22233
Core i7 13700K +105%
45614
Integer math 85.3 GOps/sec 153.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 53.1 GOps/sec 114.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 62M Primes/sec 188M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 46.2M Strings/sec 62.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 7.6 GBytes/sec 33.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 374.1 MBytes/sec 591.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1020 Frames/sec 2692 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 24.6B Matrices/sec 36.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 4675 & 8277 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 10900K
233.21
Core i7 13700K +72%
401.93

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 5.7 PPW 12.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 74.9 PPW 161.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 177.9 PPW 364.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.87 PPW 3.22 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i9 10900K
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-05 (e)Cinebench 202461 / 714
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Intel Core i7 13700K
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-30 (Channel3)Cinebench 2026659 / 6859
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-01-14 (Xypher)Cinebench 2024121 / 1618
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-05-28 (Illyctro)Geekbench 6 CPU2671 / 17244
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-05-27 (JMoor)Cinebench 2024120 / 1543
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-05-21 (Sighrus)Cinebench 2024126 / 1759
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 10900K and i7 13700K

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released May 1, 2020 September 27, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Comet Lake Raptor Lake
Model number i9-10900K i7-13700K
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 UHD Graphics 770
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Intel CPU rating (#31st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 10 8
P-Threads 20 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 5.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 8
E-Threads - 8
Base Frequency (E) - 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 16
Total Threads 20 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 34x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 20MB (shared) 30MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 253 W
Socket LGA-1200 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (137th and 40th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1200 MHz 1600 MHz
Shading Units 192 256
TMUs 24 16
ROPs 3 8
Execution Units 24 32
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 10900K
0.5 TFLOPS
Core i7 13700K +60%
0.8 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics 770 compared to Graphics 630

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2933 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 45.8 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 10900K official page Intel Core i7 13700K official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

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Comments

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