Intel Core i9-13900 vs Intel Core i5-8500B

Last updated:

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i9-13900 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-8500B
Intel Core i9-13900 Intel Core i5-8500B

CPU comparison

Intel Core i9-13900 or Intel Core i5-8500B - 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 i9-13900 has 24 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.60 GHz. Up to 192 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-13900 was released in Q1/2023.

The Intel Core i5-8500B has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-8500B was released in Q1/2018.
Intel Core i9 (78) Family Intel Core i5 (328)
Intel Core i 13000 (17) CPU group Intel Core i 8000 (20)
13 Generation 8
Raptor Lake S Architecture Coffee Lake S
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
Intel Core i9-12900 Predecessor --
Intel Core i9-14900 Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-13900 has 24 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-13900 is 2.00 GHz (5.60 GHz) while the Intel Core i5-8500B has 6 CPU cores and 6 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-8500B is at 3.00 GHz (4.10 GHz).

Intel Core i9-13900 Characteristic Intel Core i5-8500B
24 Cores 6
32 Threads 6
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz (5.60 GHz)
8x Raptor Cove
A-Core 3.00 GHz (4.10 GHz)
1.50 GHz (4.20 GHz)
16x Gracemont
B-Core --

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 i9-13900 Characteristic Intel Core i5-8500B
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i9-13900 or Intel Core i5-8500B 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 UHD Graphics 770 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
1.65 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.15 GHz
11 GPU Generation 9.5
10 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
32 Compute units 24
256 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

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 UHD Graphics 770 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i9-13900 can use up to 192 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 89.6 GB/s. The Intel Core i5-8500B supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 42.7 GB/s.

Intel Core i9-13900 Characteristic Intel Core i5-8500B
DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200 Memory DDR4-2666
192 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
89.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 42.7 GB/s
Yes ECC No
32.00 MB L2 Cache --
36.00 MB L3 Cache 9.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version 3.0
20 PCIe lanes 16
78.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i9-13900 is 65 W, while the Intel Core i5-8500B has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i9-13900 Characteristic Intel Core i5-8500B
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
219 W TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i9-13900 is manufactured in 10 nm and has 68.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i5-8500B is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 9.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i9-13900 Characteristic Intel Core i5-8500B
10 nm Technology 14 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
LGA 1700 Socket BGA 1440
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
Q1/2023 Release date Q1/2018
549 $ Release price 190 $
show more data show more data


Rate these processors

Here you can rate the Intel Core i9-13900 to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:
Here you can rate the Intel Core i5-8500B to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:


Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

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 i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
2165 (100%)
Intel Core i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
1052 (49%)

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 i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
24C 32T @ 5.30 GHz
32605 (100%)
Intel Core i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
5612 (17%)

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 i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
2130 (100%)
Intel Core i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
1086 (51%)

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 i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
24C 32T @ 5.30 GHz
19422 (100%)
Intel Core i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
4689 (24%)

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 i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
2876 (100%)
Intel Core i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
1364 (47%)

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 i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
24C 32T @ 5.30 GHz
19752 (100%)
Intel Core i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
5220 (26%)

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 i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
872 (100%)
Intel Core i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
403 (46%)

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 i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
24C 32T @ 5.30 GHz
12375 (100%)
Intel Core i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
2287 (18%)

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 i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.65 GHz
846 (100%)
Intel Core i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz
442 (52%)

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 i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
24C 32T @ 5.30 GHz
53780 (100%)
Intel Core i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
9094 (17%)

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 i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
121 (100%)
Intel Core i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)

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 i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
1622 (100%)
Intel Core i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 4.10 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 i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
24C 32T @ 5.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
96 (100%)

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 i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
24C 32T @ 5.30 GHz
881 (100%)
Intel Core i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)

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 i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
24C 32T @ 2.00 GHz
10062 (100%)
Intel Core i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
174 (100%)

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 i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
24C 32T @ 5.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
934 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i9-13900 Intel Core i5-8500B
Unknown Apple Mac mini (2018)

News and articles for the Intel Core i9-13900 and the Intel Core i5-8500B


Popular comparisons containing this CPUs

1. Intel Core i9-13900KIntel Core i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900K vs Intel Core i9-13900
2. Intel Core i9-13900Intel Core i9-12900 Intel Core i9-13900 vs Intel Core i9-12900
3. Intel Core i9-13900Intel Core i7-13700 Intel Core i9-13900 vs Intel Core i7-13700
4. Apple M1Intel Core i5-8500B Apple M1 vs Intel Core i5-8500B
5. Intel Core i9-13900AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS Intel Core i9-13900 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
6. Intel Core i7-12700Intel Core i9-13900 Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Core i9-13900
7. Intel Core i9-13900Intel Core i9-14900 Intel Core i9-13900 vs Intel Core i9-14900
8. Intel Core i7-8700BIntel Core i5-8500B Intel Core i7-8700B vs Intel Core i5-8500B
9. Intel Core i9-13900TIntel Core i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900T vs Intel Core i9-13900
10. Intel Core i9-13900Intel Core i9-13900F Intel Core i9-13900 vs Intel Core i9-13900F


back to index