Core i5-13400F vs Core i9-10980XE

Prices and Stock
MSRP $196

Thermaltake LCGS Quartz i460 R4 Gaming Desktop (Intel Core™ i5-13400F, 3600Mhz 16GB RGB Memory, NVIDIA GeForce® RTX 4060, 1TB NVMe M.2) S2QT-B66R-460-LCS

Prices and Stock

Intel Core i9 i9-10980XE Octadeca-core (18 Core) 3 GHz Processor - 24.75 MB Cache - 4.60 GHz Overclocking Speed - 14 nm - 165 W - 36 Threads

Key Differences

In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-13400F outperforms the cheaper Core i9-10980XE on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-13400F is 1173 days newer than the cheaper Core i9-10980XE.

Advantages of Core i5-13400F

Performs up to 22% better in F1 23 than Core i9-10980XE - 284 vs 232 FPS
Up to 2% better value when playing F1 23 than Core i9-10980XE - $3.17 vs $3.25 per FPS

Advantages of Core i9-10980XE

Up to 16% cheaper than Core i5-13400F - $755.00 vs $899.99
Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-13400F - 36 vs 16 threads

This is a free version of F1 23.

F1 23

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

Core i5-13400F

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023

FPS

284

100%

Value, $/FPS

$3.17/FPS

100%

Price, $

$899.99

83%

FPS and Value Winner

Thermaltake LCGS Quartz i460 R4 Gaming Desktop (Intel Core™ i5-13400F, 3600Mhz 16GB RGB Memory, NVIDIA GeForce® RTX 4060, 1TB NVMe M.2) S2QT-B66R-460-LCS

Buy for $899.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 137 minutes ago

Core i9-10980XE

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019

FPS

232

82%

Value, $/FPS

$3.25/FPS

98%

Price, $

$755

100%

Intel Core i9 i9-10980XE Octadeca-core (18 Core) 3 GHz Processor - 24.75 MB Cache - 4.60 GHz Overclocking Speed - 14 nm - 165 W - 36 Threads

Buy for $755 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 133 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

Core i5-13400F

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023

Core i9-10980XE

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019

1920 x 1080

Very High

488

FPS

387

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

1920 x 1080

Ultra

151

FPS

134

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

286

FPS

197

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Ultra

672

FPS

579

FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

1920 x 1080

High

885

FPS

794

FPS

Valorant

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Core i5-13400F

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023

Single-Core

2290

100%

Multi-Core

10745

90%

Core i9-10980XE

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019

Single-Core

1570

69%

Multi-Core

11985

100%

Core i5-13400F	vs	Core i9-10980XE
Jan 4th, 2023	Release Date	Oct 19th, 2019
Core i5	Collection	Core i9 Extreme
Raptor Lake	Codename	Cascade Lake
Intel Socket 1700	Socket	Intel Socket 2066
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
10	Cores	18
16	Threads	36
2.5 GHz	Base Clock Speed	3.0 GHz
4.6 GHz	Turbo Clock Speed	4.6 GHz
Not Available	TDP	165 W
10 nm	Process Size	14 nm
25.0x	Multiplier	30.0x
None	Integrated Graphics	None
No	Overclockable	Yes