Intel Core i9-12900HK vs Intel Core i5-13400F

Last updated: 2023-11-17

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i9-12900HK		Intel Core i5-13400F
CPU comparison Intel Core i9-12900HK or Intel Core i5-13400F - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Intel Core i9-12900HK has 14 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-12900HK was released in Q1/2022. The Intel Core i5-13400F has 10 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-13400F was released in Q1/2023.

Intel Core i9 (78)	Family	Intel Core i5 (331)
Intel Core i 12000H (23)	CPU group	Intel Core i 13000 (AL) (16)
12	Generation	13
Alder Lake H	Architecture	Alder Lake S Refresh
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	Intel Core i5-12400F
Intel Core i9-13900HK	Successor	Intel Core i5-14400F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i9-12900HK has 14 CPU cores and can calculate 20 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-12900HK is 2.50 GHz (5.00 GHz) while the Intel Core i5-13400F has 10 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-13400F is at 2.50 GHz (4.60 GHz).
Intel Core i9-12900HK	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-13400F
14	Cores	10
20	Threads	16
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.50 GHz (5.00 GHz) 6x Golden Cove	A-Core	2.50 GHz (4.60 GHz) 6x Raptor Cove
1.80 GHz (3.80 GHz) 8x Gracemont	B-Core	1.80 GHz (3.30 GHz) 4x Gracemont
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Core i9-12900HK	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-13400F
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Intel Core i9-12900HK or Intel Core i5-13400F has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)	GPU	no iGPU
0.40 GHz	GPU frequency	--
1.45 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
13	GPU Generation	--
10 nm	Technology
4	Max. displays
96	Compute units	--
768	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
32 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12.1	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)	GPU	no iGPU
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode	Codec VP8	No
Decode	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i9-12900HK can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 83.2 GB/s. The Intel Core i5-13400F supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 76.8 GB/s.
Intel Core i9-12900HK	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-13400F
LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200	Memory	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
64 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
83.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
11.50 MB	L2 Cache	9.50 MB
24.00 MB	L3 Cache	20.00 MB
4.0	PCIe version	5.0
28	PCIe lanes	20
55.1 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i9-12900HK is 45 W, while the Intel Core i5-13400F has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Core i9-12900HK	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-13400F
45 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
115 W	TDP (PL2)	148 W
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The Intel Core i9-12900HK is manufactured in 10 nm and has 35.50 MB cache. The Intel Core i5-13400F is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 29.50 MB cache.
Intel Core i9-12900HK	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-13400F
10 nm	Technology	10 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
BGA 1744	Socket	LGA 1700
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2022	Release date	Q1/2023
635 $	Release price	196 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i9-12900HK (100%)

Intel Core i5-13400F (96%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 6 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i9-12900HK (100%)

Intel Core i5-13400F (86%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	1938 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-13400F 10C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	1794 (93%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	18197 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-13400F 10C 16T @ 3.90 GHz	15890 (87%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	1754 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-13400F 10C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	1644 (94%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	12662 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-13400F 10C 16T @ 3.90 GHz	10309 (81%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	2426 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-13400F 10C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	2375 (98%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	11894 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-13400F 10C 16T @ 3.90 GHz	9712 (82%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	710 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-13400F 10C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	687 (97%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	6892 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-13400F 10C 16T @ 3.90 GHz	6055 (88%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	28632 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-13400F 10C 16T @ 3.90 GHz	25910 (90%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	257 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-13400F 10C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	253 (98%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	2639 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-13400F 10C 16T @ 3.90 GHz	2336 (89%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-13400F 10C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	106 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-13400F 10C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	845 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Core i9-12900HK Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.45 GHz	2223 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-13400F @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	260 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-13400F 10C 16T @ 3.90 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	182 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-13400F 10C 16T @ 3.90 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-13400F 10C 16T @ 3.90 GHz	674 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-13400F 10C 16T @ 2.50 GHz	6282 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.


	Intel Core i9-12900HK 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-13400F 15,890 CB R23 MC @ 94 W	169 (100%)

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