Intel Core i9-13900KS vs Intel Core i9-10900K. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Intel Core i9 Intel Core i9
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 13000 Intel Core i 10000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  13 10
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i9-12900KS Intel Core i9-9900K
• Successor
  -- Intel Core i9-11900K

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 630
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.65 GHz 1.20 GHz
• Execution units
  32 24
• Shader
  256 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  11 9.5
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q4/2017

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-10900K and Intel Core i9-13900KS. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-5600 DDR4-2933
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• ECC
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-13900KS and Intel Core i9-10900K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  150 W 125 W
• TDP (PL2)
  253 W --
• TDP down
  -- 95 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-13900KS and Intel Core i9-13900KS, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1700 LGA 1200
• L2-Cache
  32.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  36.00 MB 20.00 MB
• Architecture
  Raptor Lake S Comet Lake S
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q2/2020