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Intel Core i9 13900K vs i9 10900K

82 out of 100
Intel Core i9 13900K
VS
43 out of 100
Intel Core i9 10900K
Intel Core i9 13900K
Intel Core i9 10900K

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.0 GHz Intel Core i9 13900K with 24-cores against the 3.7 GHz i9 10900K with 10-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
42.1
(Average)
Value Index
8.1
(Bad)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 10900K and 13900K
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900K
  • Has 14 more physical cores
  • Around 43.8 GB/s (96%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • 72% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2939 vs 1704 points
  • Newer - released 2 years and 5 months later
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics 770 integrated graphics: 0.8 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5.3 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 13900K
vs
Core i9 10900K

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 673 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 8146 -
Cinebench Scores (#35th 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 13900K +119%
20498
Core i9 10900K
9362
File compression 1570 MB/sec 653.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 193.2 Klines/sec 85.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 477 pages/sec 187.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 560.7 Mpixels/sec 311.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 301.8 pages/sec 169 pages/sec
Background blur 75.8 images/sec 44.5 images/sec
Photo processing 162.5 images/sec 71.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 43.5 Mpixels/sec 19.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 683 & 901 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 13900K +161%
58087
Core i9 10900K
22233
Integer math 206.4 GOps/sec 85.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 150.5 GOps/sec 53.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 232M Primes/sec 62M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 86.9M Strings/sec 46.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 46.2 GBytes/sec 7.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 785.8 MBytes/sec 374.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 3101 Frames/sec 1020 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 46B Matrices/sec 24.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 12796 & 4675 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 13900K +127%
529.69
Core i9 10900K
233.21

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.2 PPW 5.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 164 PPW 74.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 464.7 PPW 177.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.24 PPW 1.87 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 13900K
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-11 (Nagambie)Cinebench 2026673 / 8146
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-09 (veshelya)Cinebench 2024133 / 941
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-23 (Rohit007)Cinebench 2024124 / 1906
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-09 (LieInMyEyes)Cinebench 2024126 / 1771
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-05-21 (Richh)Cinebench 2024122 / 1823
Add View all (13)
Intel Core i9 10900K
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-05 (e)Cinebench 202461 / 714
Add View all (1)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 13900K and i9 10900K

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released September 27, 2022 May 1, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Comet Lake
Model number i9-13900K i9-10900K
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 UHD Graphics 630
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
Intel CPU rating (#14th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 10
P-Threads 16 20
Base Frequency (P) 3.0 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 -
E-Threads 16 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.2 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 24 10
Total Threads 32 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 30x 37x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 20MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 253 W -
Socket LGA-1700 LGA-1200
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (21st and 137th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1650 MHz 1200 MHz
Shading Units 256 192
TMUs 16 24
ROPs 8 3
Execution Units 32 24
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 13900K +60%
0.8 TFLOPS
Core i9 10900K
0.5 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics 630 compared to Graphics 770

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 13900K official page Intel Core i9 10900K official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

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