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Intel Core i9-10900 vs Intel Core i5-13490F

Last updated: 2026-07-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 72 %

Intel Core i9-10900

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-13490F

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 86 %

Intel Core i9-10900

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-13490F

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

10C / 20T · 5.20 GHz

1,354 pts

10C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,872 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

10C / 20T · 5.20 GHz

1,662

10C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

2,414

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

10C / 20T · 4.60 GHz

8,972

10C / 16T · 4.20 GHz

10,750

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

10C / 20T · 5.20 GHz

1,379

10C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,834

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

10C / 20T · 4.60 GHz

10,744

10C / 16T · 4.20 GHz

11,204

More benchmarks

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

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i9-10900	Intel Core i5-13490F
Family	Intel Core i9 (81)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 10000 (43)	Intel Core i 13000 (AL) (16)
Architecture	Comet Lake S	Alder Lake S Refresh
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1200	LGA 1700
Predecessor	Intel Core i9-9900	Intel Core i5-12490F
Successor	Intel Core i9-11900

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i9-10900	Intel Core i5-13490F
CPU Cores / Threads	10 / 20	10 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	10x 2.80 - 5.20 GHz	6x Golden Cove 2.50 - 4.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Gracemont 1.80 - 3.50 GHz
L2-Cache		9.50 MB
L3-Cache	20.00 MB	24.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i9-10900	Intel Core i5-13490F
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 630	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i9-10900	Intel Core i5-13490F
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i9-10900	Intel Core i5-13490F
Memory	DDR4-2933 (46.9 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 i9-10900	Intel Core i5-13490F
TDP	65 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)		148 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i9-10900	Intel Core i5-13490F
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	Q2/2020	Q2/2023
Release price	439 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i9-10900 is 4.6 stars (9 ratings), while Intel Core i5-13490F has received 4.4 stars (23 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i9-10900
10C / 20T · 2.80 - 5.20 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-13490F
10C / 16T · 2.50 - 4.80 GHz

★★★★★