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Intel Core i5-9400F vs Intel Core i5-13500

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 57 %

Intel Core i5-9400F

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-13500

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 31 %

Intel Core i5-9400F

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-13500

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,005 pts

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

1,884 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.90 GHz

5,341 pts

14C / 20T · 4.20 GHz

21,216 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,346

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

2,375

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.90 GHz

5,164

14C / 20T · 4.20 GHz

14,166

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

423 cb

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

723 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,085

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

1,834

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.90 GHz

2,407 cb

14C / 20T · 4.20 GHz

8,076 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.90 GHz

4,722

14C / 20T · 4.20 GHz

12,834

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.90 GHz

14C / 20T · 4.20 GHz

286

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

459

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

780

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 2.90 GHz

2,550

14C / 20T · 2.50 GHz

8,727

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

177 cb

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

272 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.90 GHz

987 cb

14C / 20T · 4.20 GHz

3,174 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-9400F	Intel Core i5-13500
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 9000 (34)	Intel Core i 13000 (AL) (16)
Architecture	Coffee Lake S Refresh	Alder Lake S Refresh
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151-2	LGA 1700
Predecessor		Intel Core i5-12500
Successor	Intel Core i5-10400F	Intel Core i5-14500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-9400F	Intel Core i5-13500
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 6	14 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	6x 2.90 - 4.10 GHz	6x Golden Cove 2.50 - 4.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		8x Gracemont 1.80 - 3.50 GHz
L2-Cache		11.50 MB
L3-Cache	9.00 MB	24.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-9400F	Intel Core i5-13500
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency		0.30 - 1.55 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	32 / 256
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		64 GB
Technology		10 nm
Release date		Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-9400F	Intel Core i5-13500
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-9400F	Intel Core i5-13500
Memory	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-9400F	Intel Core i5-13500
TDP	65 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)		154 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-9400F	Intel Core i5-13500
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q1/2019	Q1/2023
Release price	157 $	232 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Intel Core i5-9400F
6C / 6T · 2.90 - 4.10 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-13500
14C / 20T · 2.50 - 4.80 GHz

★★★★★